Author: Trevor Dawes

A Delve Into Dabdoub’s Dabble

June 2, 2009

I usually read the online editions of both The Daily Gleaner and The Jamaica Observer and on May 28, 2009, a story that appeared in Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity1 …
In the First Week of April

April 13, 2009

In the first week of April, Bruce spoke to the masses and he told them, finally, that things are rough, tough and tight and we’ll Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity0 …
Post Mortem: Vaz Victory No Sign of Contentment

March 24, 2009

So, the by-election in West Portland has come and gone and Daryl Vaz of the JLP has once again, this time as an unquestioned Jamaican, Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity7 …
The Three Commonsense Rs of Jamaica’s Revival

March 13, 2009

Over these last few years, there have been newspaper editorials and columns calling, challenging, chiding and cajoling the Jamaican government, whether it was the PNP-led Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity4 …
Wanted: A Jamaican Obama

January 28, 2009

In the past, I have written bemoaning the fact that there seems to be a lack of political will and leadership in tackling the problems Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity8 …
Bruce Golding’s JLP – A One-term Government?

January 11, 2009

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, the Conservative Party in the UK enjoyed a run as the governing party – first with Margaret Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity0 …
What is the Real Benefit of Capital Punishment?

December 13, 2008

So the Jamaican Parliament recently had its ‘conscience’ vote on capital punishment and by a 2-to-1 margin decided that folks accused of murder should be Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity3 …
Jamaica and Leadership

November 13, 2008

Over these last few years, I have often wondered why is it that the Jamaican government, regardless of which party forms it, has had such Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity1 …
The GOP and PNP for 2012

November 2, 2008

2012 is going to be a significant year for any number of reasons. According to the Mayan calendar, there is supposed to be a major astrological Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity5 …
Reorganising Government and Leadership

October 9, 2008

For about the last five years or so, I’ve been giving some serious thought about how the Jamaican government is structured and what, if anything, Continue readingThis content is restricted to site members. If you are an existing user, please log in. New users may register below.Existing Users Log InUsername or EmailPasswordProve your humanity6 …