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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Monday | May 15, 2006

May we have a Budget Debate?
WE ARE disappointed that what passes for a debate on the national budget has degenerated into something that is not. What should be a discussion about the management of the country's fiscal affairs has become an occasion for party political...

The sporting life
SOMEONE HAS asked me the following question: If you have to buy World Cup Cricket tickets from now, what will happen to the interest on the money you have paid between now and the date of delivery of the tickets? - Stephen Vasciannie


Growing agriculture
MR. ARTHUR Lawson, 86-year-old farmer out of Westmoreland, last month retired from the Jamaica Agricultural Society's board of management after a 16-year stint. He was honoured by the JAS for his over 60 years of service... - Hugh Martin


Beyond the fiscal policies
AT THE level of civil society, wherever it is possible, discussions on the substance of the Budget Debate should continue. During this debate which ended with the presentation by the Minister of Finance... - Beverley Anderson-Manley




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