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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Wednesday | March 29, 2006
Maintaining the security agenda
PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE, Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller, undoubtedly has many serious matters to consider, but none of these is more important than the reduction of crime and the re-establishment of peace and security in the country.
The beginning of an era?
HERE IN the eastern Caribbean, once I open my mouth and they hear that I am Jamaican, they ask about our new lady Prime Minister. We are closely watched! Judging from the media reports - for that is all I have to go by... - Peter Espeut
The power of the word
A SERENDIPITOUS meeting with John La Rose in London just two days before he died, provided an opportunity for me to understand the power of the word.La Rose was born in Trinidad and went on to live in the United Kingdom...-Hilary Robertson-Hickling
Reluctant voters
POLITICS, IN Jamaica, is simply a dirty word. Citizens associate politics with corruption, violence and evil. Politicians have not helped their image and are perceived as self-seeking, corrupt and power hungry. - Delroy Chuck
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