EDITORIAL - Revise the revised Budget
Given the pre-event rhetoric, many people would have been surprised by the revised Budget that Finance Minister Audley Shaw presented to Parliament on Tuesday. We had been led to believe, although it was never explicitly stated, that there would be big cuts in expenditure...
Dilemmas of sustainable development
World leaders gathered at the United Nations (UN) this week for a summit meeting on climate change. With the December Copenhagen Summit fast approaching, the UN was anxious to build a sense of urgency about the need for a new, global climate change treaty...
Religious Soft Talk
Ian Boyne, veteran journalist and multitalented commentator, is the leading media commentator being the only one in three media - radio, television and print. It must be difficult to maintain a high standard at all times...
Why Air Jamaica should be fully divested
It seems that the Government's insistence on maintaining a percentage in the national carrier, despite its decision to divest the airline, is strictly related to its conviction that this will allow it to exert a certain level...