Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Tuesday | February 11, 2003
Drug money and politics
HOW MANY of our 60 elected Members of Parliament owe their seats, at least in part, to the financial support of drug dealers? And what will these members of the House be obliged to give back in return as political favours? ...
"It is a question of affordability," says the Minister of Education. Speaking in a televised broadcast on Sunday, she added, responding to the demands of the teachers, "this is the best offer we can make". - D.K. Duncan
I WAS elated to learn that after retiring for just two hours last week Tuesday, a jury in a Home Circuit Court found 40-year-old Rupert Wallace, 20-year-old Rohan Masters and 32-year-old Howard Lindsay guilty... - Garth Rattray
RECENTLY, I attended three funerals within eight days and the common factor at these worship services was that the deceased were all murdered. - Devon Dick
