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Jamaica General Election – Move it to 2021
Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ decision earlier this month to call for the general election on 3 September -right in the middle of the pandemic – was clearly ill-judged and he needs to postpone the polls until 2021. Why the leadership … Continue reading
Time for Jamaica to Honour More of its Local Heroes with Landmarks & Not Just Politicians
The recent renaming of Denham Town Primary after former Prime Minister the late Edward Seaga (died 2019) came as no surprise. Since Seaga’s Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) returned to government in 2016, under the leadership of current Prime Minister Andrew … Continue reading
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What I Learnt During the COVID-19 Pandemic week-ending 17/4/20
In Jamaica I learnt Number of COVID-19 positives has risen sharply this week to 163 as at 17th April. With the main cluster being a call centre in Portmore, St Catherine. Thus St Catherine is in quarantine as of 15 … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, the world
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Things I’ve Learnt During the COVID-19 Crisis – So Far
In Jamaica 1. That public hospitals continue to be in a dire state, despite all the outlandish pr statements of health modernisation by politicians. It was staggering to hear Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie – Chief Medical Officer (CMO) – state that there … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Environment, Health, jamaica, Pandemic, Singapore, Taiwan, Trump
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Chang and Samuda- Anti-Crime’s Latest Double Act
The recent appointment of Senator Matthew Samuda to the Jamaican cabinet post of Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security (or is it Economic Growth?) is rather odd. This is not based on Samuda’s suitability but how Prime … Continue reading
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Tagged CARIBBEAN, crime in Jamaica, Crime reduction, jamaica, jamaican, Jamaican news, jamaican politics, JLP, pnp, Policing, Violence against women
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Jamaican Athletes and the Statue Debate
Last Sunday, the Jamaican government unveiled a statue of the sprint icon Asafa Powell at Statue Park, National Stadium. The statue was created by Basil Watson. Powell joins compatriots Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown in having life sized … Continue reading
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Tagged asafa powell, jamaica, track and field
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The AG’s CMU Report – Conflicts, Canteen & Cuff Links
The recently released Auditor General (AG) special audit report (2016/17-2018/19) into the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) highlighted a mountain of bad practices. Yes, audits reports tend to flag level of poor governance and practices but the degree of maladministration found … Continue reading
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Tagged auditing, best practice, Caribbean Maritime University, CMU, jamaica, jamaican, jamaican politics, Maritime, public sector
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Flourgon Wins Big, Others Wait in Vain
In light of reggae artiste Flourgon’s multi-million dollar copyright victory over pop mega star Miley Cyrus, it is a timely reminder to raise again one of the biggest injustices in Jamaican music culture – the lack of royalties due to … Continue reading
Samuda & Charles Slams Skylarking MPs
At the end of Tuesday’s sitting of Jamaica’s House of Representatives (Lower House), both Speaker Pearnel Charles Snr and Karl Samuda (Leader of Government Business) slammed the poor attendance record of fellow MPs – from both political parties. Samuda was … Continue reading
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