Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Saturday | August 22, 2009
EDITORIAL - Setting new horizons for delinquent girls
IN A country where the rot of poverty and the rotten rich often coexist cheek and jowl, sometimes separated only by a high wall and a medium-height security guard, we have long become accustomed to the contradictions that make us simultaneously the (supposedly) second happiest and one of the most dangerous countries on the planet. Read More...
Life by chocolate
I AM a chocoholic and so are my two daughters even though they are roughly 27 years apart. I am the kind of person who believes that seven days without chocolate makes one weak. Read More...
No more excuses for crime situation
THE EDITOR, Sir: Mr Prime Minister, I beg you, sir, to help us. I beg you to see that Jamaica is at war and our decent, hard-working, moral citizens are losing this battle. They are losing their homes, kids and self-worth. Read More...
Teachers, take action!
THE EDITOR, Sir: The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has just concluded its conference, and the educators are at it again - threatened disruption at the start of the school year in response to them not getting money owed to them at an opportune time. Read More...
Student loan woes
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM A 2005 graduate with a joint degree from the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology in hospitality and tourism management. I was out of work for at least one year after my graduation. Read More...
Who colt the game?
IT WAS a hot summer Saturday in 1976 and the Khooky Khast of Kharacters were all gathered around the domino table. Chairman of the board was my partner, Gene Autry, who got his name by warning all and sundry: "Don't joke with Gene Autry!!" Why did he do that? Read More...
