Dual citizenship, budget and values
We could be in for a political crisis (or a series of by-elections) if the Speaker of the House decides to take a roll call on those members who have dual citizenship or American green cards.

West Portland: Holding the balance in Jamaica's democracy
The 2007 general elections were not quite settled.

The battered-woman syndrome
The local Sunday Herald which arrived in the parlours and the well-appointed drawing rooms of the nation on International Women's Day informed its readers that domestic violence had taken the lives of two more individuals.

Too close to call
Western Portland was among the 32 constituencies fixed in the Constitution granted to Jamaica by Order in Council October 27, 1944.

West Portland: Tough on turncoats
Sometime before the last general election in September 2007, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, responding to the news that Abe Dabdoub was confirmed as his PNP opponent remarked that " ...

Is dollarisation the answer?
The recent rapid slide in the Jamaican dollar and hike in interest rates have heightened fears of a future of economic instability and the global financial meltdown has only served to turn fear into despondency.