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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Wednesday | August 4, 2004

Diversifying tourism product
THE TOURISM sector shows the greatest potential for sustainable national economic growth, and we welcome the Tourism Ministry's 'Ten-Year Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development'.

Iraq 10 years hence
LET US conduct a little thought experiment. The year 2014 will arrive in only ten years' time, and the US occupation of Iraq will be long over by then.


Working at 'Emancipendence'
JUST BECAUSE slavery ended 170 years ago last Monday does not mean that its influence has ended. Just because we ceased to be a colony 42 years ago this Friday does not mean that the colonial mentality is dead in Jamaica. But not everyone agrees.


Forty-two years after
ON FRIDAY, August 6, Jamaica celebrates its forty-second anniversary of independence, even while many wonder, quite rightly, what is there to celebrate. Forty-two years ago, the hopes of the nation were so high.












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