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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Wednesday | June 29, 2005

Recklessness on the roads
MONDAY'S BLOODY road crash claiming four lives on the Winston Jones Highway in Manchester has pushed the toll of deaths to 153 from 137 fatal accidents since the start of the year.

Ten years of struggle
TODAY AND every June 29 is celebrated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations as International Fisherman's Day, and all over the world that day is used to highlight the plight of the fisheries sector... - Peter Espeut


Crunch time for sugar
THE SUGAR industry, like so many other areas of Jamaican life, is crumbling. Lack of foresight, planning, leadership, management and resources are responsible for the downward slide everywhere. - Delroy Chuck


Iranian surprise
IT DOESN'T make sense. In the previous two presidential elections, in 1997 and 2001, Iranians voted more than two-to-one for the reformist candidate, Mohammed Khatami. - Gwynne Dyer
















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