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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | January 11, 2007

EDITORIAL - Have they no shame?
Not so long ago in these columns, we had cause to complain about the sorry state of National Heroes Park, a portion of which has been appropriated by the Finance Ministry for use as a car park. The park, where Jamaica buries and pays homage...

Earthquake!

On the afternoon of Monday, January 14, 1907, exactly at 3:30, Kingston rumbled. In 36 seconds of hell every building suffered some damage or was completely thrown down like a pile of bricks. And they were brick buildings. - Martin Henry


Where have the murdered people gone?

There should be fewer people walking on the streets. The parties should be noticeably less filled with swaying figures, dressed up in their best or undressed in their less, the lines of traffic snaking along Mandela Highway... - Melville Cooke


US Democrats and the war on terror

LONDON: I spent Tuesday evening in what must be the world's most charmless building, Miami International Airport. Waiting for my connection to Heathrow - well, that may be the world's second-most charmless building... - John Rapley




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