Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Monday | January 25, 2010
EDITORIAL - MPs should spurn CDF
Among the most pleasing bits of government-related news of the past week was the report that MPs had up to then spent only around 60 per cent of the money in that bi-partisan tub of pork drippings they call, euphemistically, the Constituency Development... Read More...
Pre-Budget outline necessary
In urging Jamaican savers to agree to the rescheduling of $700 billion of the Government's domestic debt at lower interest rates, Prime Minister Bruce Golding promised transparency and accountability in the management of the country's affairs... Read More...
Haitian earthquake, the wrath of God?
When outspoken televangelist Pat Robertson - founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of The 700 Club - calmly and authoritatively asserted that the cataclysmic earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince in Haiti occurred because... Read More...
Landslips and earthquakes
An earthquake in hilly terrain is a deadly combination. But during heavy rains, even minor tremors can trigger devastating landslips, mudslides and debris flows, and several locations in Jamaica are vulnerable. For some answers to the catastrophic potential of local landslips... Read More...
NOTE-WORTHY
Commendations to Martin Henry - Would like to commend Martin Henry on an excellent article in The Sunday Gleaner. Read More...
