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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Tuesday | March 27, 2007

Lessons from Europe
While Caribbean countries this past weekend marked the 200th anniversary since the British Parliament passed an act to end the transatlantic slave trade, most European leaders gathered in Berlin to mark the 50th birthday of...

Baptists and the slave trade

At the end of last month, the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) in its 157th annual assembly, through its president Rev. Karl Henlin, made a declaration to mark the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Act of Abolition in the British Parliament in 1807. - Devon Dick

Breaking political promises

Politicians, seeking electoral advantage, have a way of promising what is not theirs to give. - Vernon Daley

Make George Headley a National Hero

The Honourable Pat Rousseau's speech at a recent function held to rename Emerald Road the George Headley Drive has re-awakened public interest in Headley's contribution to cricket and national development.However, his suggestion to... - Lance Neita





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