Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Monday | May 4, 2009

EDITORIAL - Critical importance of public-health education
It is more than a little bit ironic that with deepening global fears of a swine flu pandemic, the most immediate advice by the experts to an increasingly frightened world to avoid the virus is to go back to basics. Sure, there is discussion about the availability ... Read More...

A fair Budget speech, but ...
Even a layman like me thinks that, given our dire financial straits, the Budget turned out to be less onerous than feared. But, the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, dedicated too much of his speech... Read More...

NOTE-WORTHY
Where are the ladybugs? - I am deeply concerned about the amount of pesticides the 'average' gardener is using these days. I recently observed on a popular gardening programme, where lady bugs and lacewings were released into a garden... Read More...