Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | October 9, 2003
Not the answer
THE CALL is going out once again for the imposition of a state of emergency to curb the current high level of serious crime that is threatening to make the nation cower in frustration, if not in hopelessness.
ENCOUNTERED a deeper understanding of my country in between the cabbage and callaloo at Coronation Market about two weeks ago. The sage came in the guise of a rope-seller; his pearl of wisdom lay in his pitch. - Melville Cooke
ISRAEL'S AIR attack on an alleged terrorist training camp within Syria has raised tensions in a region where they were already running high. - John Rapley
THE LARGEST-ever gathering of world leaders took place under United Nations (UN) auspices in September 2000. The leadership of 189 nations, with many heads of state, met to set up 'Millennium Development Goals'. - Martin Henry
