http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT 60 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT Newspapers We confess to being more than a little bit perplexed that it took so long after the revelation of her positive test for a banned substance for Veronica Campbell-Brown to speak to the issue. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure1.html The article 'Jail juveniles for 48 hours max!' in The Gleaner (June 16, 2013) reports that UNICEF is reminding that under the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA), children should not be kept at a police station for more than 48 hours.It might be useful... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure2.html I refer to an article by Ms Esther Tyson, 'Jamaican Creole or Standard Jamaican English', which appeared in The Sunday Gleaner of June 2, 2013.To begin, I should like to allay Ms Tyson's fear that there is a "decreasing thrust to teach Standard Jamaican... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure3.html Milton Samuda, the chairman of JAMPRO, is quick to identify what he asserts are position differences between myself and JLP Leader Andrew Holness on the current Diaspora Conference.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure4.html The first sentence of C. Everard Palmer's 1984 adolescent-flavoured novel My Father Sun-Sun Johnson has been etched into my memory, perhaps forever. It says, simply, 'I was there when the blow fell.'... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure5.html They say never speak ill of the dead. We won't. But the death of Joseph Hibbert, the former government minister, is a reminder of the issue of corruption in Jamaica, and raises serious questions about the will ... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure1.html On the night of June 2, the Observer carried an online report of a motor vehicle accident involving a High Court judge who, as a result, had been admitted to hospital. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure2.html It is well known by football purists that the strength of a country's national team/programme comes from the clubs and not the other way around. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure3.html Well, this just won't do.Switching from radio station to radio station, trying to find something to listen to, often proves tedious these days, doesn't it? A little more variety, particularly in the local offerings, would go a long way. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130619/cleisure/cleisure4.html