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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Sunday | August 3, 2003

Parliamentary hysteria and compromise
THERE IS good news and bad news coming out of the parliamentary session which debated whether Mr. John Junor, the Minister of Health, should take responsibility for the state of child care in Jamaica by resigning. First the good news. Mr. Seaga, leader..

That back tax axe!
THOSE OF us privileged to have lived through the 1980s will have no difficulty recalling one of the most effective advertising campaigns in recent Jamaican history... - Don Robotham


Reggae, violence and cultural decline
A FRIEND HAS been arguing with me for 10 years about reggae music, and I am finally ready to concede the point. He says it is the principal cause of violence and bad temper in the country due to the bassline and driving tempo... -Dawn Ritch


You don't have to work in Jamaica - just buy Lotto!
ONCE UPON a time, words like drop pan and Peaka Peow were never used in polite society. ...-Hartley Neita


The church's influence on Emancipation
WHEN WE think of Emancipation today, people often think of the positive role played by local churches. This perception of the influence of the church is due in part to ...LIVINGSTONE THOMPSON














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