http://www.jamaicagleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:02:02 EST 60 Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:02:02 EST He is being deified in death but when that intellectual tornado named Rex Nettleford raged among us, many of those now granting him almost-worshipful glory stoutly refused to listen to him. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100207/focus/focus1.html In later years' Rex Nettleford would often say that he and his generation were in the departure lounge. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100207/focus/focus2.html Jamaica has had a long history of very able and sometimes excellent finance ministers - the best the region has produced. They go back to Donald Sangster, Noel Nethersole, Vernon Arnett, David Coore, Edward Seaga and Omar Davies. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100207/focus/focus3.html My colleagues Peter Espeut, Howard Thompson, Michael Franklin and Cynthia Cooke have been contributing to the debate on the critique of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams by Education Minister Andrew... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100207/focus/focus4.html It is being advocated, with great strength, that the programme that will now drive our economic fortunes, and which has been outlined by the Government during the last few weeks, represents a position that admits of no alternative. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100207/focus/focus5.html