Commentary

THE EDITOR, Sir: It is interesting to read The Jamaica Bauxite Institute's (JBI) estimates of the size and value of bauxite reserves in Cockpit Country ('Bauxite price tag put on Cockpit Country', Gleaner, October 24, 2014).

THE EDITOR, Sir: I would be grateful if the Ministry of Health could help me, and possibly, other readers understand what exactly is happening regarding tests for chikungunya.

If America has taught us anything about the management of Ebola it is that the strategy must be clear and its articulation precise and consistent. Stakeholders, particularly front-line health workers, individuals and communities, must know the plan - what to do, when to do it, where and how.

What empowers a man, or woman for that matter, to think and yap that when two people - in our case a man and woman - are legally wedded, the woman automatically loses citizenship of, and autonomy over her body?

The tributes to Francis Kennedy, the president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) who died last week, have centred largely on his promotion of enterprise and his equanimity.

Below are excerpts from a statement to Parliament by Anthony Hylton, minister of industry, investments and commerce, delivered on Tuesday, October 28.

The purest, cleanest voice in local music history is no longer with us. Winston 'John' Holt, CD, was born in Greenwich Farm on July 11, 1947, and was singing in amateur competitions from the age of 12.

A plan on a piece of paper is still just a piece of paper. After two horribly failed Ebola scares, it's high time the Ministry of Health insist on, and supervise, Ebola drills at every hospital and port of entry. ACTUALLY DO IT! Don't just circulate this long, auspicious document.