Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | May 26, 2005
The Emancipation Park Declaration
THE DECLARATION read at yesterday's Emancipation Park rally against crime and violence is an important, all-encompassing statement calling for commitment and co-operation from all sectors of the society.
SOME 50,000 Jamaican children sat the Grade Four Literacy Test last week. After four years of primary education, the ability of 10-year-olds to recognise words; read and understand simple stories, factual texts, directions... - Martin Henry
JUST A couple of weeks ago Uzbekistan looked like it might become the latest country to succumb to the instability sweeping across central Asia. Barely a month after the uprising in neighbouring Kyrgystan... - John Rapley
THE MAY Pen business persons who closed their companies last week had all right to do so, but not in protest of the murder of Maurice Azan and Lloyd Phang. - Melville Cooke
