Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | January 6, 2005
Change and transition
THE GLOBAL reaction to the tsunami disaster in southern Asia has literally shaken the world and prompted humanitarian impulses that transcend ideological and religious differences. The reaction differs sharply from the global reaction to the 9/11...
THEY ARE two very different men in different areas of public service. But both Edward Seaga and Francis Forbes have chosen to drop new year bombshells on us with their unexpected resignations. Mr. Seaga is resigning to take up the offer of a high level...
WESTERN JOURNALISTS may have got just a little carried away with the "window of opportunity" rhetoric following the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Palestinians go to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president. While the style...
THE BALLS and parties are over, the hire purchase payments, diets and retirements have begun. Welcome to 2005. I observed the frenzy of horn-blowing at the Hilton in New Kingston's ball and wondered if this almost frenetic determination...
