Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Saturday | September 19, 2009

Standard vs automated corruption
There was a time when the automatic transmission motor vehicle was not so popular in Jamaica as it is today, when debates about 'stick' and 'matic' raged and the hyper-macho swore they would never be caught dead in an automatic transmission vehicle. Read More...

By hooker or crooker
There was an embassy function in Trinidad a few years ago and when the band started playing, a top-level and most senior politician, who was much the worse for Johnny Walker Black, approached one of the guests and asked, "Beautiful lady in red, will you... - Tony Deyal Read More...

Issue: Bolt should defer to Quarrie
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am not too uncomfortable with the prime minister's decision to name Usain Bolt ambassador-at-large. However, the PM's decision to award Bolt the national honour of Order of Jamaica is premature. Read More...