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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Sunday | October 29, 2006

An untenable lack of accountability
The ongoing controversy over who was responsible for the more than J$2.6 billion overrun in the construction of the Sandals Whitehouse hotel placed on the front burner the matter of how public officials ought to account for the people's resources.

Bright prospects for agriculture

Agriculture is our oldest industry. If there is any industry close to people with the potential to rebuild the rural economy and sustain thousands of families, it is agriculture. - Robert Buddan


Portia, Parliament and the press

The style of the press, we're told, has been cramped by their being prevented from sitting in the Hansard Box at the House of Representatives.- Dawn Ritch


West Indies cricket and other balls

Whatever you may think or say, I am ecstatic over the defeat of Australia at the hands of the Win-dis and their follow-up edging out of India right in their living room.-Orville Taylor


Time to rethink agro-tourism link

The Jamaican tourism industry has been making significant strides in recent years. According to the Planning Institute's Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica (2006), performance-based indicators such as stop-over.




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