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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Monday | January 22, 2007

EDITORIAL - The dilemma of skin bleaching
Jamaica has gained international attention this past week for the announced plans by the island's Health Ministry to crack down on the sale of skin-lightening products and the launching of a public awareness campaign about the health risks...

Constitutional reform

We seem to have been considering reforms to the Jamaican Constitution for most of my adult life. All the same, the process now seems to be coming closer to an end, with a reasonable flurry of activity in Parliament. - Stephen Vasciannie


What about us?

I take great umbrage at the way that Jamaicans are being treated like second-class citizens right here in their own country. It's bad enough whenever this occurs overseas but it pains me to see such unfairness displayed here at home. -Garth Rattray


'Jah kingdom goes to waste'

Some Jamaicans are determined to turn this wonderful country of ours into a wasteland. A wasteland has waste human beings. Therefore, it is not surprising that in areas prone to criminality and poverty... - Beverley Anderson-Manley




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