Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | December 28, 2008
Raw deal for JLP government
WITH ONLY a four-seat majority in the House of Representatives, socio-economic and environmental conditions have dealt Prime Minister Bruce Golding what some commentators have described as "a bad hand."
Rural schools also feel the crunch - Principals cry foul at 'urban bias'
COMMUNITY COLLEGES in rural Jamaica are still being forced to fight what their principals describe as an urban bias in favour of their counterparts in the Corporate Area and St Catherine.
Journalists urged to educate themselves
CARIBBEAN MEDIA practitioners, according to veteran Jamaican journalist Fae Ellington, need to improve their command of the English language and continuously educate themselves if they are to become critical thinkers and understand the linkages of issues to the rest of the region and the world.
The Pringles of Scotland and Jamaica
VETERAN JOURNALIST, Earl Moxam recently published a series of articles in The Gleaner on his discussions in Scotland about the Scottish role in slavery and the need for apology and reparation. He subsequently interviewed for radio Scottish clergymen visiting Jamaica.
Who was John Hanson?
THE UNIVERSE waits with intense anticipation to witness what has been described by conventional wisdom as the inauguration of the United State of America's (USA) 44th president, and the first of African descent. But is this correct? Is this another example of historical fraud perpetrated to deny or obfuscate historical facts which portray people of melanin in scenarios that certain factions deem too powerful or positive to be universally known.?
Vendors look to cash in during US inauguration
President-elect Barack Obama's swearing in could be a boon for Said Rangbar, among hundreds of Americans hoping to cash in on Inauguration Day.
Americans admire Obama most, says poll
President-elect Barack Obama is the man Americans say they admire most in the world, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll published Friday.
