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Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
published: Sunday | September 19, 2004

Political storm to follow 'Ivan'
THE PRIME Minister's establishment of the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR) was an excellent move, and his appointment of the country's most respected, highly efficient and no-nonsense public servant, Danville Walker, to head the ONR, a...

The Caribbean: Natural disasters and global climate change
THE CARIBBEAN is a volcanic region, earthquake belt and hurricane zone. Scholars have estimated that between 1722 and 1990, hurricanes have caused 43,000 deaths in the region. Economic damage between 1960 and 1990 has been estimated at US$3 billion...


Will the PNP survive 'Ivan'?
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) since the start of its winning streak in 1989 has had a history of surviving major crises. The party in the dying moments tends to find the strength to emerge as a victor. However, the Jamaica Labour Party...


Who God bless...
JAMAICA IS a marvel. Does any other country so constantly straddle the line between functioning order and disastrous chaos? Even forces of nature beyond our control regularly contrive to balance our fate on a knife edge and then tip the scales in our...


Is our climate really changing?
IN THE last century, our planet's average temperature has risen by over half a degree celsius. Earlier springs, melting ice and rising sea levels have all been blamed on climate change. But couldn't these signs just be a blip in the stats? No.


Jamaica's 9/11
I LIVE above River Ridge on Ridge Way Terrace. Originally Ridge Way Terrace was built to link the Tavistock traffic to Jacks Hill through River Ridge. The bottom half of this road was lost during Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. The deep-crated road that...




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