S&T and the media

FROM A reader's perspective, last Thursday (June 7) was a watershed day for The Gleaner. The paper carried a 'Pieces of the Past' history page on exactly the 309th anniversary of the great Port Royal earthquake. - Martin Henry

The struggle over Iran's future

LAST WEEKEND, Iran's reformist President, Mohammed Khatami, won re-election in a landslide victory. Not only did he increase his vote share over the 1997 result, but a much-feared collapse in participation failed to materialise. - John Rapley

Four crucial negotiations

CARICOM has entered what is by far the most crucial phase of its existence. It has simultaneously on four negotiations which, depending on how they are concluded, will make or break the quest for West Indian unity and will leave... - Ian McDonald

Jamaican cuisine launching out

I GOT the shock of my life the night of May 31st. In the middle of the vast crowd enjoying themselves on the lawns of Devon House, sampling all sorts of delectable food and drink, this most impressive looking man stops me and says: - Laura Tanna

Through the 20th Century with The Gleaner - The Lord Moyne Commission (Part 6)
THE MEMBERS of the commission could never have been prepared for the degree of squalor and hopelessness in which much of the masses of the Jamaican people existed in 1938. In area after area... - C. Roy Reynolds