Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Friday | April 17, 2009

EDITORIAL - The squatting crisis
It has been common knowledge for a long time that Jamaica has a major problem with squatter settlements. What was not fully appreciated, until Housing Minister Horace Chang's revelation in Parliament this week, was the scope of this crisis. According to Mr Chang... Read More...

What's in a name?
I am now in my 18th year as a columnist with this newspaper, and I would be a liar if I said that I am not happy with what is finally happening in fisheries. In these times of severe financial constraints, while the budget for most government departments and ministries... Read More...

The Summit and US trade policy - Part II
The following is the second of a two-part article from the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica and was submitted ahead of the three-day Summit of the Americas now on in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The first part was published yesterday... Read More...

NOTE-WORTHY
NHT mortgagors and refundsEarlier this year, the National Housing Trust (NHT) adjusted its policy on processing refunds for NHT mortgagors. Read More...