Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Wednesday | April 23, 2003
Teaching performance
ON THE assumption that as a result of current negotiations teachers' salaries are being adjusted to 80% of their private sector counterparts, the government has every right to demand of them that future pay increases be linked to performance.
'Friendly fire'
'FRIENDLY FIRE' is an oxymoron of warfare which has been highlighted by the war in Iraq. The phenomenon was given full expository treatment in a piece by our own Lloyd Williams in this week's Sunday Gleaner.
NOW THAT the United States has destroyed much of the infrastructure of Iraq, they are giving out contracts to rebuild. Sounds good? I wonder. - Peter Espeut
"OUR SITUATION is impossible to sustain," said XYZ in an emergency address to the nation. "Overspending and mounting debt have condemned us to recession. We cannot continue paying these high interest rates. - Delroy Chuck
