Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Saturday | October 2, 2004
Short-changing the recovery
IT IS surprising - and distressing - to hear from the chief executive officer of the brand new Office of National Reconstruction (ONR) that he is having difficulty raising funds. Mr. Danville Walker's appointment to lead the recovery from the damage...
I LOVE the way Barbadians pronounce the word commonly used to denote an institution for the treatment of illness. They say, horse-spittle. I suppose one can dismiss ... -Tony Deyal
The aftermath
DRIVING THROUGH the sections of my normal route in Kingston and St. Andrew this week, one would not know that a hurricane as dangerous as Ivan passed over Jamaica just a few days ago. The only signs are the electric and cable wires still...