Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Friday | November 19, 2004
Misguided lobbying
THE GOVERNMENT, quite rightly in our view, has rejected the report by Human Rights Watch which calls for Jamaica to repeal its sodomy laws and accuses the State and its police force of turning a blind eye to the rampant abuse of homosexual males and...
WE NEED new and more imaginative swear words. We need to lift the level of vituperation. The cursing you hear, internationally as well as locally, is of a very low standard and boringly repetitive. The nouns are varied scandal, shame, misery...
MANY YEARS ago, some time around 1989/90, I was among a group of persons discussing Spanish Town's high crime rate. We were all wondering what was the main factor that had contributed to such a high crime rate in not only Spanish Town and its environs...
The inertia of the civil service
A BRAVE voice for public service efficiency and accountability rose in the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Tuesday. Too bad many people did not hear Carol Palmer's statement about the indifferent, even slothful service being...
