Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Saturday | August 15, 2009
EDITORIAL - Seeing Jamaica 'Through The Eyes of a Child'
THE SIGNIFICANCE of the 'Through The Eyes of a Child' project, the pilot phase of which was completed on July 31, is not to be overlooked. As The Gleaner reported yesterday, after being introduced to photography at the St Andrew Parish Church Care Centre on July 22, eight children and young adults were handed cameras and given free rein to capture images from their day-to-day lives. Read More...
Cap, cake and candle
ON MY 12th birthday, my parents tried to surprise me with an air rifle, but they missed. This year, 52 years later, my family gave up on the ties, watches and fishing equipment (they let me off the hook) and bought me a cap like the one favoured by the late, great ruler of China. Read More...
Out of touch
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AGREE that the Church is not the forum for issues of abortion to be decided. One reason for my saying so is that it is a male-dominated organisation which, in my opinion, is out of touch with the social realities affecting women. Read More...
Creating chaos
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is regrettable that at a time when the country is going through such a crisis, Standard and Poor's, the United States credit-rating agency is hell-bent on creating more confusion within our society. Read More...
Don't blame the Church!
THE EDITOR, Sir: In response to 'Haunted', it must be recognised that although the Church has a responsibility to care for the souls of people, it is not the Church's purview to force people into conditions that get them pregnant. Read More...
