Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | May 6, 2004
A music icon passes
THE SUDDEN passing of Clement Dodd, the man celebrated in the music industry as 'Sir Coxsone' of Studio One, has left a vacuum in the Jamaican cultural scene which will not be filled easily.
WHILE IT is impossible to be precise as to the number of languages spoken on the planet today the boundaries separating dialects from languages are ambiguous... - John Rapley
SHH! DON'T let anybody know! What a magnificent photograph of Fidel Castro accompanying the AP story carried by The Gleaner on March 3, 'Castro on Forbes rich list!'... - Martin Henry
Disappearing babies
THE ONE-CHILD policy in China is coming to an end. It has a few years left to run yet in most of the country, but Shanghai's city government announced in mid-April that divorced people who remarry can have a child together even if they each..
