http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST 60 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Newspapers Having endured the Government's turgid and almost impenetrable statement from Wednesday's briefing of the media on this week's meeting of the Cabinet, we have concluded that the state of Jamaica's finances is the major talking point at the ministerial... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure1.html Elements within the Jamaican church fraternity wish to make gambling - and these days, horse racing in particular - a religious issue.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure2.html Horse-racing aficionados want the 'Sport of Kings' at Caymanas Park to be extended to Sundays, but the Church is having none of it.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure3.html Recently, a man who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old boy was sentenced to three years in prison.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure4.html Mr A.J.Nicholson, the foreign minister, was obviously well-intentioned and, indeed, got part of the equation. For the rest, his tone was boorishly sexist, amplified by the fact that he seemed to have been blissfully unaware of the faux pas. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure1.html On Monday, veteran radio morning show host, Alan Magnus, in his commentary section of the RJR 94 FM, challenged the Jamaica Council of Churches' (JCC) opposition to Sunday horse racing... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure2.html THE EDITOR, Sir: THE IMPASSE between the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (the board) and Mr Chris Gayle has dragged on for too long... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure3.html THE EDITOR, Sir:AMBASSADOR THE Honourable Dudley Thompson was one of a special breed of black Jamaicans witnessing the end of colonialism and the birth of independent Jamaica, whose steadfast emphasis on our origins and links with our African ancestral... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120203/cleisure/cleisure4.html