Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Sunday | July 12, 2009
EDITORIAL - Mr Hibbert should stand aside
Joseph Hibbert, the junior minister for transport and works, has declared his innocence and it is for those who have implicated him in wrong-doing to make and prove their case against him. And Mr Hibbert has an absolute right and deserves every opportunity to defend himself. That is natural justice. Read More...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Economic double standards
When jackass proclaimed that the world was not level, he knew what he was talking about. While Minister Don Wehby went off to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Government let slip the shocking news that we had a revenue shortfall of $2.47 billion for May. Read More...
That road-maintenance fund
Jamaica was to have been "pothole-free by 2003". That did not happen. It does take cash to care. The current minister of finance in his Budget presentation announced that he had found a source for the cash for road maintenance. Read More...
The weather's heavy toll on Jamaica
World Bank officials are hardly known to make dire predictions about the economic prospects of member countries. The warning by Badrul Haque, an official of the bank, about the potential consequences were a Category 4 hurricane to hit Jamaica was, however, very timely. Read More...
A house on shaky ground
While at a funeral in Clarendon on Thursday, a young man came over to me and asked if I had heard the joke of the day. I told him no, and in an effort to ease the grief, I stopped to hear the joke. Read More...
