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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | November 17, 2005

We must defend the courts
A THREAT to kill two judges sitting in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court disrupted proceedings on Monday and signalled a new level of threat to the criminal justice system. Resumption of trials the following day came with high security...

Some science and technology in the news
A TWO-week training institute on climate and health is due to wind down tomorrow. It is being hosted by the Physics Department of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. On June 9, I wrote about the distinguished work... -Martin Henry


Canada's election-weary voters
UNLIKE THEIR American neighbours, Canadians are unaccustomed to revolving-door elections. Frugal at heart, they consider an excess of politics to be wasteful, and prefer if their political leaders go about their business... - John Rapley


A sense of community
ABOUT 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, I was driving up into Chancery Hall Estate. Just before taking a sharp left off Cadiz Avenue, I saw a young man sitting on the kerb on the right side of the road. His face was bloody and he was bawling. - Melville Cooke
















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