Shearer's message in death
FORMER JAMAICAN Prime Minister Hugh Shearer did not possess Edward Seaga's commanding intellect or comprehensive vision, nor Michael Manley's ideological passion, intellectual force or profound understanding of the way forward for the working class.
The political times of Hugh Shearer
IN THE elections of 1989, Hugh Shearer retained his seat by only four votes. He had known that the seat was too close to call. He had asked Carl Stone to do a constituency poll and Stone had told him that much. It would have been an embarrassing...
Kenneth Rattray report revealed
EIGHTEEN MONTHS after Prime Minister P. J. Patterson declared former Minister of Water and Housing Karl Blythe innocent of corruption charges in the Operation PRIDE scandal, the Rattray Report which exonerated Blythe has been...
Time longer than rope
WRITER HARTLEY Neita has consistently produced articles to remind us of where we, the Jamaican people, are coming from. His article 'Jamaica's unofficial apartheid' published in the June 27, 2004 edition of The Gleaner, clearly gave evidence to the...
Michael Hylton, Jamaica's Lawyer
MICHAEL HYLTON, Q.C., Solicitor General, is the man charged with the responsibility of administering the affairs of the Attorney General's department. His office provides legal counsel for the Government and represents Jamaica in...
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