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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Sunday | October 22, 2006

Looking beyond censure and Trafigura
If the Government can muster the effort and get to thinking about it, they would be wise, even at this stage, to just let slide their censure of Karl Samuda for supposedly misleading the House about the nature of a document ostensibly...

Money in politics: More action, less talk

There appears to be some confusion surrounding the reasons for the establishment and functions of the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) (soon to become an Electoral Commission). - Abe Dabdoub


... Is legislation enough?

Money is to politics what oxygen is to the human body - one just cannot live without it. Recently, there have been several calls for the establishment of proper mechanisms to deal with the issue of political party/campaign financing. - Paula Yels


People in glass houses ...

I wonder just who would be interested in Bruce Golding's million-dollar tax bill, whether paid or unpaid? - Dawn Ritch


Waiting to exhale!

For three weeks I held my breath and waited for the air to be cleared regarding the Trafigura Beheer affair. The old English proverb says, "Speech is silvern but silence is 'Golding'." I know a few Dutch proverbs... - Orville W. Taylor


A word to the parties

One of the most pressing concerns of the Jamaican people for a very long time has been the need for productive work. As the election campaign kicks off, it is necessary for our political parties to concern themselves not just... - Herbert Lewis




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