Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Sunday | May 17, 2009
EDITORIAL - Is there still an anti-corruption commission?
We make no presumption about guilt or innocence, but note with interest that there are 223 members of the police force who, their bosses believed, engaged in behaviour so egregious as to demand them being away from the job until their cases are resolved. Read More...
Public affairs - It's the economy, Stupid!
Many of us are familiar with the Clinton 1992 campaign mantra 'It's the economy, stupid!'. It focused the American people's attention on the view that the myriad ills of the country were all attributable to the unsatisfactory state of the United States (US) economy, and that by fixing the economy, the problems of the country would be corrected. Read More...
Pandemic
It is only a matter of time. There is no if or but, but only when and what, that a pandemic will hit the globe. We have managed in recent times to stave off avian influenza from scaling up into a pandemic. AIDS is a behaviour and lifestyle infection, which, despite its pandemic spread, can be controlled by a change of behaviour. Not so infections spread from person to person by casual social contact. Read More...
Top-quality public service - a national imperative
Over the past weeks, there has been public discussion about the need to reduce the size of the public sector. This 'debate' usually emerges when there is a challenge in the financing of the national Budget. Given the recurring fiscal crisis, it would seem reasonable to conclude that it is an annual debate occurring about this time each year. Not so. Read More...
Tourism under pressure
If there were still some uncertainty about the impact of the global crisis on the Jamaican economy, figures posted last week by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) on visitor arrivals for March and the first quarter of the year leave no doubt that the tourist industry is hurting. Read More...
