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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Sunday | August 7, 2005

Solid waste writ large
The audit of three of the country's municipal authorities, ­ Portmore, St. Catherine and the KSAC ­ ordered by Local Government Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, may yet prove to be small bits of waste paper in an overflowing fetid landfill.

Air J's contribution to the economy ... Gain or DRAIN?
Airlines the world over are being defeated by losses and where profit does exist, in most instances, it has been extremely thin. In 2004, none of the network carriers in the United States made a profit and together, they registered a...


Portia's integrity intact
Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller has found herself embattled in a public sector scandal not of her own making.... - Dawn Ritch


'Indimancipation' from Britain
It has been 43 years since gaining statehood and all of 167 years since 'Neagas' were freed from legal slavery... -Orville W. Taylor


Independence and development
There is an ironic coincidence between the celebration of Independence and the lawsuit brought by residents of Portmore, concerning the leg of Highway 2000... -Livingstone Thompson















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