Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Sunday | July 19, 2009
EDITORIAL - Frank, ongoing dialogue on economy needed
The administration's coy statements notwithstanding, it is almost forgone that Jamaica is heading into a borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The deed is nearly done. Our suggestion, therefore, is for the administration to end its disingenuous rhetoric and engage the Jamaican people in serious conversation about the economic crisis and the hard choices to be faced... Read More...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Deafening silence on CCJ
It is generally agreed that the CARICOM Preparatory Com-mittee that was put in place to see to the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) accomplished its task in so far as the integrity of the structure and the independence of the entity are concerned. Read More...
How the parties facilitate criminality
Following right on the heels of the posting of the Albert Einstein insanity comment on Facebook, General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP) Peter Bunting has acknowledged, by implication, that his party still retains ties with criminal gunmen, as does the other one, the main target of his broadside in Parliament as he contributed to the Sectoral Debate. Read More...
Misreading severity of the recession
It is just as well that the hurricane forecasters are predicting a near-normal season with only a 25 per cent probability of above-normal hurricane activity, because Jamaican consumers need a respite from the bombardment they have taken over the past five seasons. Read More...
An IMF pound of flesh?
Of all the villains Shakespeare created, Shylock, the money lender, is arguably the most notorious. Shylock was despised partly because he was a Jew, and more important, because he specialised in lending money to desperate people at exorbitant interest rates. Read More...
