Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Monday | December 21, 2009

EDITORIAL - Absence of clarity, objectives in education plan
Andrew Holness, the education minister, is certainly correct that the idea of extending the formal school-leaving age beyond 16 has been on the national agenda, or more correctly, talked about, for quite a long time... Read More...

Flexi workweek plans: An attack on worship
The following is an extract from a statement issued on behalf of concerned church leaders representing the major Christian denominations in Jamaica. It was with great dismay and perplexity that concerned church leaders heard the recent... Read More...

Jungle hell
My Christmas promise to pay a social visit to a patient in Maverley was greeted with"No, no, no, no!" I had been to her home several times before but she said that the 'war' going on between her community and Drewsland had escalated and she thought... Read More...

NOTE-WORTHY
Dying of thirst - The water crisis in Jamaica is threatening to undermine what remains of the civil society. It seems to me, with the new tax regime, that the cart is officially ahead of the horse... Read More...