The government of Jamaica and by extension the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) through the Minister of Education, the Most Honourable Mrs. Maxine Henry-Wilson, recently took a principled and land marked position. They argued to allow all the current students (May 2004) of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, to write their April/May 2004 examinations despite the candidates’ inability to pay their tuition fees. Was the University of the West Indies’ top executives including...
Come August 31 and-or September 1 of each year, many tertiary graduants will add more numbers to Jamaica’s labour supply – (seeking employment). The new recruits will be unsure of any job opportunities. This is because of the government’s policy directive to all public institutions. It is to freeze post for the next two (2) years. Although the quality of our labour supply will improved significantly from the outputs of the various tertiary institutions, many lending organizations chief amo...
The Most Honourable Edward George Phillip Seaga, leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has been battered, bruised and left for dead. Nevertheless, like a Phoenix, he is still searching for one last reign at the helm. However, despite the seemingly unwitting approaches that he has taken in the past, the letter to Bruce Golding, party Chairman, in regards his resignation is simply leveling the playing field. Wow! Although Mr. Seaga knows that Bruce is a winnable candidate an...
By Paul Andrew Bourne; MSc. (candidate), BSc. (Hons) Over the years, God has had two faces. On one instance, he had the heart of mother Theresa; the Red Cross; UNICEF; Father Monsignor Richard Albert and sometimes the Salvation Army. On another occasion, he was a hungry boar with the kindness of intent to maim and mow humans like the Tsunami. Although God is ‘love’, has understanding and knowledge of all things, some members within Christendom and Other religiosity have made him ...
Mishkin (2003, pp.11) posits that inflation is a monetary phenomenon. This is created by ‘more money chasing too few goods’. If goods and services are scarce in a particular locality, an increase in money supply will fuel a higher valuation of the same commodities. The reality here is businesses and government are forced to pay higher costs for products. This phenomenon affects the economy. Wilson (1982, pp.118) concurs with Mishkin’s position, when he forwards the argument that govern...
An overview of the impact of school and family on ones political socialization By PAUL ANDREW BOURNE, M.Sc. (candidate), B.Sc. (Hons.) INTRODUCTION Political Sciences cannot be viewed in a vacuum from the other sub-disciplines within the Social Sciences as it is continuously interfacing with other disciplines for that matter for example Sociology. The branch of study in the Social Sciences that looks at socialization is Sociology. As such, in order that a comprehensive evaluat...
By PAUL ANDREW BOURNE, MSc. (candidate), BSc. (Hons.), Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Political Sciences cannot be viewed in a vacuum from the other sub-disciplines within the Social Sciences as it is continuously interfacing with other disciplines for that matter for example Sociology. The branch of study in the Social Sciences that looks at socialization is Sociology. As such, in order that a comprehensive evaluation of topic be forwarded to my readers, the author will critically exami...
I was named Paul Andrew Bourne by Janet Green and Percival Bourne. My first experience with the outside planet “real life” began at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Downtown Kingston, Kingston, West Indies, on December 5, 1968. After my grand arrival in the world, my mother who was a single parent resided at 110 Waltham Park Road. It was a tenement yard with some four families. My father happened to live just four (4) houses away with his common-law-wife and two (2) children. It appears th...
Some Jamaicans habitually use the above quotation in a pejorative manner about deported individuals. This ideographic has seemingly crept into the psyche of the average person. So much so that many peoples are promoting their individualized positions on the issue as ontology. Therefore, when Professor Headley’s findings on the “politics of deportees” were published on September 27, 2004, that there is no correlation between crime and deportees, the universalized myth of the past was ch...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (candidate); BSc. (Hons.); Dip. Edu. The government of Jamaica and by extension the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) through the Minister of Education, the Most Honourable Mrs. Maxine Henry-Wilson, recently took a principled and land marked position. They agreed in allowing all the current students (May 2004) of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, to write their April/May 2004 examinations despite the candidates’ inability to pay their tui...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons), U.W.I.; Dip. Edu. According to Bourne (2005) in ‘A phenomenal Fallacy: The First Reflection’ wrote, “Instead, the focus seems to be an advanced version of the undergraduate course FD10A with a dosage of research [writing] technique” which speaks to a number of issues in the graduate language programme. The viewpoint expressed by Bourne arose from the author’s critique of the graduate language, SY69A, course outline and a profound awareness of the u...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (candidate); BSc. (Hons.) Economics and Demography Some Jamaicans habitually use the above quotation in a pejorative manner about deported individuals. This ideographic has seemingly crept into the psyche of the average person so much so that many peoples are promoting their individualized positions on the issue as ontology. Therefore, when Professor Headley’s findings on the “politics of deportees” were published on September 27, 2004, that there is no corr...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending);B.Sc. (Hons), UWI; Dip. Edu. As a partial new convert of democracy, which is primarily due to the constant indoctrination of Westerners’ theorizing on the matter, I have come to believe that the United States’ (US) in-depth conviction on the issue is concrete fact. Was I naïve? As this concept is the furthest from the established academic theorizing. The mother of all theorizing on human democracy hoisted a democratically elected leader some time ...
Introduction Since the time of Aristotle and the period of the enlightenment, researchers have used slumber to explain aspects of human behaviour. Chief among them is the issue of performance. The primary significance of this concept is to demonstrate the differences in academic performance of people through the vantage point of their sleeping habits. According to Dutch physician Herman Boerhavve, “sleep occurs because the fluid or ‘liquor’, in the brain cannot move freely as it is gradua...
Introduction Since the time of Aristotle and the period of the enlightenment, researchers have used slumber to explain aspects of human behaviour. Chief among them is the issue of performance. The primary significance of this concept is to demonstrate the differences in academic performance of people through the vantage point of their sleeping habits. According to Dutch physician Herman Boerhavve, “sleep occurs because the fluid or ‘liquor’, in the brain cannot move free...