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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | April 6, 2006

Barbarous bloodlust at UWI
AS REPUGNANT as aggressive and unwelcomed sexual approaches might be, whether homosexual or heterosexual, the response of the students at the University of the West Indies to an alleged homosexual proposition was barbarous. We are at a loss to understand.

A matter of standards
A few weeks ago, after writing about the extensive church and media treatment given to Vilma Mais when she was murdered, and noting the difference between a name and a number in Jamaica, then driving on the relatively newly built... -Melville Cook


Jamaica and the world economy
I HAD time to reflect on many things on my plane ride back from the U.S. During a week of meetings in Washington, D.C., I spent a lot of time talking about the world economy, Jamaica's prospects, and what the country might do... - John Rapley


GKF lecture: Children in the crossfire
THE GOOD news is that most of Jamaica's children are reasonably loved and reasonably well cared for. They have longer life expectancy, are better fed, have better access to health care, and are healthier than any previous generation. -Martin Henry




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