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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Monday | March 17, 2003

Sharing the tax pain
ONE IMPORTANT factor which validates a government's right in a democracy to tax its citizens is that the tax regime should be fair and administered in accordance with the ethical principle of 'distributive justice'.

Stream of consciousness, without friends
MUTTHIAH MURALITHARAN flings many of his deliveries, but most people don't want to admit it. Both major political parties in Jamaica have been involved in violence and mayhem, and everybody knows it. - Stephen Vasciannie


Black smoke and greenwash
IT IS said that those who pay the piper, call the tune. This is not true when it comes to big oil and big tobacco, particularly in the Caribbean. - Tony Deyal


Vows and an ordination
TWENTY-ONE BROTHERS vowed their lives and one priest ordained in service of the Lord and the poor. - Fr. Richard Holung












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