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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Monday | April 10, 2006
Declare emergency in schools
IT IS time to declare a state of emergency in schools. This call is prompted by the violence which has permeated from the societal ramshackle which spawned it to the highest level of tertiary education, the campus of the University of the West Indies.
Portia: human rights today
IN HER much-lauded inaugural speech, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller promised, nay, pledged, that the promotion and protection of human rights would be a central goal of her administration. This - like several other... - Stephen Vasciannie
Farmers Month
THE YEAR is 1969. The Agricultural Information Service, Ministry of Agriculture, is planning the production of the first edition of the Farmers Calendar. Director Ray McKinley wants appropriate quotations for each month. - Hugh Martin
'Jah kingdom goes to waste'
ONCE AGAIN, the words of Ernie Smith are resounding in my head as 'Jah kingdom goes to waste'.The ongoing eruption of the former capital of Jamaica, Spanish Town, reminds us that no band-aid attempts at solving our crime...-Beverley Anderson-Manley
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