Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Friday | September 11, 2009

EDITORIAL - A tale from the grade-four results
We are grateful to Andrew Holness, the education minister, for his publication this week of the performance by government schools in this year's grade-four literacy tests.Principals, too, should be happy with the minister's action, particularly the head teachers... Read More...

History will not absolve us
Decades from now when historians look back at this period in our history, they will not have kind words for us. History will record how politicians in modern Jamaica, while singing that they were out to "build a new Jamaica", carved up parts of the country... Read More...

NOTE-WORTHY
Wrong economic approach - I am disheartened to see the approach that has been taken by the Government to stimulate the economy by the modification of the special consumption tax on motor vehicles.I have been studying abroad for a number of years... Read More...