There is talk of the possibility of the current Jamaican administration returning to do business with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF was founded at the end of the second World War. It’s original reconstruction objective was simply, and directly to augment the coffers of countries’ foreign exchange holdings or reserves, providing them with [...]

With the global downturn, many organisations worldwide are taking one, or a combination of the following five actions – reducing the size of their staff, reducing the income of staff, mandating that staff work a four day-week instead of the regular five-day week, work a five-day week for a four-day pay or simply close business [...]

In the Jamaica Observer of Sunday, March 29, 2009, Columnist, Mark Wignall had this to say: ‘MUCH of what the electorate uses to define Portia Simpson Miller is urban legend, fairytale. In politics however, a politician will accept all positives, especially when those defining the politician are not really interested in wrestling with the burden [...]

In the Jamaica Observer of Thursday, January 22, 2009  Michael Burke Joined columnist worldwide commenting of the swearing in of Barack Obama: “So Barack Obama is now president of the United States of America. Whether we like it or not, the president of the USA is the most powerful man on earth. The way in [...]