Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Friday | June 13, 2003
Derelict buildings
THE TRAGEDY of young Jason Campbell, the Calabar schoolboy who was crushed to death under the collapsing wall of a derelict building, brings into focus this particular blot on the landscape and on our national conscience.
THE TITLE of my piece this week is a contradiction in terms. It is a deliberate oxymoron designed to describe the best exhibition I have ever seen of that vast human tragedy, slavery. - Desmond Henry
Champagne anyone?
THE NEWS coming out of JetBlue's boardroom this week is sensational. While many airlines are buckling under the strain of unmanageable debt, this upstart is announcing fleet expansion of 100 new aircraft. - Dennie Quill
