Jamaica Gleaner In Focus

Published: Monday Sunday | October 11, 2009

Bruce's magicians ... and the role of government
Prime Minister Bruce Golding got some basics spot on in his pre-dawn address to Parliament and the nation on Wednesday, September 30.

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Fluffy to the world
According to a full page ad in the October 7 edition of The Gleaner, since the inception of the Miss Jamaica World pageant in 1978 it is the "cream of Jamaica's beautiful and talented young women" who have been attracted to this 'contest'. Read More...

Deep crisis
The video 'Life and Debt', depicting Jamaica's previous experience with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was recently rebroadcast on local TV. Read More...

Church/politics power play
Students of the history of Christianity in Jamaica and the Caribbean are intrigued at the interesting shifts that are taking place in terms of the balance of power and influence among Christian denominations. Read More...

Tackling the atheists
Many Christians in Jamaica have been deeply disturbed for the last few weeks with the publication in these columns of the disconcerting views of a group called the New Atheists, who have sparked a major firestorm in the North American and British media,... Read More...

Building a competitive platform for Brand Jamaica
In his two-part article, 'The political economy of the global sports industry' (Sunday Gleaner, September 6 and 20), Trevor A. Campbell ... Read More...