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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Saturday | May 8, 2004

Editorial - A coalition for peace
TWO REFERENCES in yesterday's edition to the persistent dilemma of maintaining peace in the inner-city communities of Kingston and elsewhere throw some light on the root of the problem and suggest some pointers to the way forward.

Cellphones and Englishmen
ROBIN WILLIAMS, the actor/comedian says that God created cocaine as a way of telling you that you're making too much money. Comedian Patrick Murray insists that God created alcohol just to stop the Irish from ruling the world.


Echoes of protest from 1865
MOST JAMAICANS subscribe to the rule of law and condemn criminality. Most Jamaicans also believe in fairness and justice. It is unfortunate that we have been socialised into a culture that violence is the first means of achieving our objective...


Marshalling scarce resources
GIVEN THE seemingly uninformed debate as to the ultimate substantive value of utilising a regional approach in marshalling scarce resources within the context of Jamaica's local government reform thrust, the following is submitted.











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