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By Angelada December 26, 2025

Hope in the Spirit of Christmas

As Jamaicans continue to celebrate the birth of Christ, the season arrives this year carrying both familiar warmth and an unusual weight. Christmas in Jamaica has always been more than a …

Issue # 221

Hope in the Spirit of Christmas

December 26, 2025

The warning written in water – Part 111 – A blueprint for truthful governance

December 26, 2025

Time to put JPS back in public hands

December 26, 2025

That perennial minimum wage game

December 26, 2025

Principles, promises or just sheer American propaganda?

December 26, 2025
By Donovan Dowie March 28, 2025 9 months 1,740 word

The PNP, the party of big ideas and achievements

Two periods of seismic social and economic transformation (1955-61 and 1972-77) Possibly the biggest criticism of the post-Michael Manley era has been the abandonment of educating the rank-and-file members about the two …

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By Donovan Dowie June 24, 2022 4 years 1,268 word

Cryptocurrency, Another Name For Scamming

The story is told about a couple who was shown a fancy brochure selling lots in a fancy upscale retirement community.  The glossy document sold the place as heaven on earth, …

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By Donovan Dowie April 1, 2022 4 years 1,820 word

The Ukrainian Invasion And The Western Alliance’s Endgame

“There is never a plan of war that have ever survived the first clash of arms”. The quotation is appropriate in the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. The quote is …

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By Donovan Dowie February 4, 2022 4 years 1,793 word

Bank Of Jamaica Sailing Against The Currents

I have never been a fan of the Washington view that the central bank must be totally decoupled from the Government. The underlying rationale that there should be some entity to …

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By Donovan Dowie August 21, 2019 6 years 1,512 word

Energy: We are barking up the wrong tree

The national debate on energy has largely taken place in an atmosphere of ignorance and self-interest. The result has been that there continues to be no real intelligent leadership emerging which …

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By Donovan Dowie July 11, 2019 6 years 1,484 word

Is Democratic Socialism an Oxymoron in the 21st Century?

  Traditional economists misunderstood the nature of economic ‘laws’ when they equate them to the laws of the physical sciences such as chemistry and physics.                                                 …Donovan Dowie One of the reasons …

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By Donovan Dowie June 26, 2019 7 years 1,783 word

Rent Seeking, Corruption, And Managing The People’s Assets

  The sale of the Rooms on the Beach property has again refocused the public discourse on the management of the country’s finite resources and the underlying questions of special interest, …

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Recent Posts

  • Hope in the Spirit of Christmas
  • The warning written in water – Part 111 – A blueprint for truthful governance
  • Time to put JPS back in public hands
  • That perennial minimum wage game
  • Principles, promises or just sheer American propaganda?
  • Land reform must follow Hurricane Melissa
  • The warning written in water — Part II —
  • If we are really serious about qualifying for the World Cup…
  • Artificial Intelligence — Help or hindrance to racism?
  • Post-Hurricane Melissa: Some thoughts

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