Blog Entries

Business under siege!

japcstock@gmail.com — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:05:09 +0100

Downtown Kingston

Legitimate business activity is threatened
by the tension which now exists in the Corporate Area (Kingston and St.
Andrew), as well as other
high-density crime areas such as Spanish
Town and sections
of Montego Bay. Normality is needed
quickly!

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All hands on deck

haltheal@gmail.com — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The crisis in sections of Jamaica at this time is but a symptom of one of the main sources of crime in this country – narco-trafficking. We need all hands on deck to tackle this problem in an intelligence-driven way a [...]

Stop being sentimental on Air Ja!

robicon13@yahoo.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Air Jamaica has accumulated losses of U.S one billion dollars and debt of five hundred million dollars.

Can we afford the airline in its present format?

Like most Jamaicans I feel sentimental about what's loosely called our national airline. However, unlike most Jamaicans, I operate on a budget and hate deficit financing so I endeavour to live within my means.

I make this analogy to emphasize the point that we cannot afford Air Jamaica and wou [...]

Price-gouging at Faith's Pen

japcstock@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Faith's Pen may be one of Jamaica's best known roadside dining venues and the vendors are courteous but highly competitive. However some price-gouging vendors are threatening its existence.

On Sunday July 19, 2009, on my way from St. Mary to Kingston, my wife and I stopped to get a tasty Jamaican dish. One vendor had the pick-up salt fish and roast yam she wanted. I got some jerk pork.

I do not normally buy roadside-manufactured fruit drinks. However a young ven [...]

A new approach to politics in Jamaica?

robicon13@yahoo.com — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0100

I felt happy this week despite the pervasive crime and other social ills afflicting our island.

What made me happy?

The tone of the budget presentations by both Finance Minister Audley Shaw On April 23, 2009 and Opposition Spokesman for Finance Dr. Omar Davis on April 28 reflected the kind of maturity I have always yearned for in our politics.

Both came to the table with possible solutions to Jamaica's economic woes.

Shaw's present [...]