Bookmark Jamaica-Gleaner.com
Go-Jamaica Gleaner Classifieds Discover Jamaica Youth Link Jamaica
Business Directory Go Shopping inns of jamaica Local Communities

Home
Lead Stories
News
Business
Sport
Commentary
Letters
Entertainment
Arts &Leisure
Outlook
In Focus
Social
International
Auto
The Star
E-Financial Gleaner
Overseas News
The Voice
Communities
Hospitality Jamaica
Google
Web
Jamaica- gleaner.com

Archives
1998 - Now (HTML)
1834 - Now (PDF)
Services
Find a Jamaican
Careers
Library
Power 106FM
Weather
Subscriptions
News by E-mail
Newsletter
Print Subscriptions
Interactive
Chat
Dating & love
Free Email
Guestbook
ScreenSavers
Submit a Letter
WebCam
Weekly Poll
About Us
Advertising
Gleaner Company
Contact Us
Other News
Stabroek News


Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
published: Sunday | November 11, 2007

Tough times ahead
While a prominent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporter was busy 'tracing' off former People's National Party (PNP) tourism officials, serious problems were developing in our economy.

Planning for the here and now

Planning for the future has recently jumped to the forefront of public attention with announcements of new techniques to find out what the more distant future holds and how it can be influenced to our benefit. - Edward Seaga

Why we should fear China

The fact that most discussions about China focus on its astounding economic and industrial success rather than on its continued autocracy and suppression of human rights again highlights our distorted values and obsession with materialism. - Ian Boyne

Cuba's embargoed democracy

On October 30, The United Nations voted against the United States embargo on Cuba. - Robert Buddan

A sexual theory of Jamaican democracy

In 13 contested general elections since 1944, the Jamaican electorate has retained the sitting government seven times - 1949, 1959, 1967, 1976, 1993, 1997, 2002 - and voted them out six times - 1955, 1962, 1972, 1980, 1989, 2007.- Kevin O'Brien Chang





© Copyright 1997-2007 Gleaner Company Ltd.
Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Letters to the Editor | Suggestions | Add our RSS feed
Home - Jamaica Gleaner