Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Monday | February 16, 2004
In memory of Shakara
THE SPATE of commentary pro and con assigning blame for the death of Merl Grove student Shakara Harris is one of the spin-offs of the traffic congestion that has overtaken the road networks islandwide.
IF THINGS don't go his way this year and it's looking more and more as if they won't he might be replaying that scream in his mind for a long time to come. - Dan Rather
IN ITS editorial of Tuesday, February 3, The Gleaner maintained, inter alia, that the University of the West Indies concentrated "on too few areas of research... - Stephen Vasciannie
WALLS OF huge speakers - boom boxes - are erected on the sidewalks. The music begins well before sunset. When one drives past these boxes, you can literally feel the car being shaken as if by an earthquake. - Richard Ho Lung
