Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Wednesday | August 2, 2006
Cuba after Castro
Yesterday's announcement that President Fidel Castro has had intestinal surgery and has temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul is another signal of the imminence of transition in Cuba. For Mr. Castro, who has ruled communist Cuba for 46 years...
My brother David would often take her stew peas - her favourite - almost every Friday, and so I would regularly get news of her. I last visited with her nine months ago. My sister Mary took me... - Peter Espeut
For most of its over 17 year tenure, the government has failed to balance the books and, through its fiscal recklessness, has taken the country ever closer to outright bankruptcy. - Delroy Chuck
As Jamaica celebrates its 44th anniversary as a nation on August 6, we must celebrate our achievements. Some may ask what have we achieved? As a visiting relative asserted, "This is a blessed place." - Hilary Robertson -Hickling
