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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | March 31, 2005

The Patterson era
PRIME MINISTER Patterson is coming closer to the end of his tenure. He has presided over the affairs of this country for a longer continuous period than any of his predecessors.

Ridicule the 'self-slavery' tool
LAUGHTER, IT is said, is the best medicine. However, much as a vaccine is a deliberate introduction of an illness into a person's body so that they are immune to it afterwards...- Melville Cooke


Crime and the Jamaican economy
THERE, WE have it from the horse's mouth. And Dr. Wesley Hughes, longest serving director-general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, is a horse of some pedigree in the management of the Jamaican economy. - Martin Henry


So much for reform at the United Nations
IT WAS a great idea, long overdue. Sadly, the reforms proposed by United Nations Secretary-General, Koffi Annan, last week are unlikely to get very far in the wake of this week's damning report... - John Rapley













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