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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | December 21, 2006

EDITORIAL - Urgent matters of public health
We are deeply concerned about the outbreak of leptospirosis in St. Mary, not only for its impact on the immediate victims, but for its contribution to enlarging the not-so-pretty picture of waste management in the country.

The Pringles of Jamaica

John Pringle, illustrious first Director of Tourism, etc., is dead. Pringle was a white Jamaican and may have been mistaken by many to be a son of the old plantocracy of slavery, as I would have, before discovering... - Martin Henry


The Litvinenko mystery

LONDON: Back in the Cold War, Russians in London were exotic creatures. Today, the city seems to have become a magnet for migrants from all over the former Soviet bloc. From the barmaids behind pub counters to shady billionaires... - John Rapley


Needed: A parent holiday

Despite having not lot or gift-wrapped parcel with Christmas, there is one song for the season of good cheer and weight gain that I (and, judging by the frequency with which it is played, many others) simply adore. - Melville Cooke




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