http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST 60 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Newspapers The Church should have no privileged status in this society. There should be no automatic deference to the Church, no unquestioning authority invested in it. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus1.html Horses have been running away with fool-fool Jamaicans' money since the early days of racing at Knutsford Park (now New Kingston) in 1905. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus2.html Martin Henry's piece in last Sunday's Gleaner titled 'Whither agriculture?' makes interesting reading. I commend him for his usual analytical approach to critical subject matters of national importance. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus3.html In the late 1990s, then Opposition Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw made the revelation that the head of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica was paid an annual salary of J$7 million, setting in motion the now-infamous 'Fat Cat' salary scandal. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus4.html Against the background of the 1986 tax reforms published last week, I will now examine the current reform proposals. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus5.html Recently on Twitter, one of my followers, in despair and frustration at his malfunctioning Internet connection, wrote: "My Internet moving like a b-yman [gay]." http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus6.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus6.html Prior to, and since, the influx of large and multinational hotels into the Jamaican economy in 2001, a significant number of small hotels have gone out of business. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus7.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus7.html An open letter to my member of parliament, Julian Robinson (no relation):Dear Julian,Although I didn't vote for you (or for anyone else) in the recent general election, the bad news for you is enough voters did that you're now my MP. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus8.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus8.html " ... The genetic theory of homosexuality has been generally discarded today." http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus81.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120205/focus/focus81.html