Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Wednesday | January 14, 2004
Welcome links with New York
NEW YORK'S Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during his brief visit to Jamaica on Sunday, pointed out that both New York and Kingston have a problem of illegal guns on their streets.
Lula's Brazil
"All the hallmarks of an impending default are visible: a soaring public sector debt burden; high short-term interest rates; low growth; a rapidly depreciating currency; and an international loss of confidence.
WHEN WE ask what has brought Jamaica to this sorry state, no one accepts responsibility. When there is success, everyone takes credit as success has many fathers. Failure is an orphan. - Delroy Chuck
IT'S ONE thing to have a problem, and quite another to know how to solve it! Problem: little girls as young as eight years old are being sexually interfered with by older men. - Peter Espeut