Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Wednesday | December 31, 2003
Protecting liberty
WHEN PARLIAMENT resumes next year there are two outstanding issues which must be put in proper perspective and carefully analysed as they can have profound consequences for the freedom of Jamaican citizens.
TOMORROW IS the 200th anniversary of the birth of the second independent state in the Western Hemisphere (after the USA in 1776) and the first independent black republic in the world. - Peter Espeut
JAMAICANS, EVERYWHERE, hope one day that the land of their birth can be a place of which they can be proud, a haven to visit and feel safe and, for many, a final resting place to spend the evening of their lives. - Delroy Chuck
