EDITORIAL - Social intervention needed for nation's youths
The recent call by Montego Bay-based pastor Glen Samuels for young men to serve compulsory military duty follows a similar proposal several weeks ago by businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett, also from that resort city, for the introduction of a national labour draft to be operated by the military....
Sweeping the dirt under the carpet
Somehow, the crime problem didn't get big play during the recent general election. It's as though the political leaders sat down and hammered out a pact to downplay the issue during their campaigns. It's as though the media were enticed to go along with it.... - Vernon Daley
Audley Shaw should resign
The Honourable Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance, should resign because of his denying that he promised the nurses of Jamaica a 100 per cent increase. The President of the NAJ said Shaw promised to double their pay and Shaw said that he made "no such promise"... - Devon Dick
NOTE-WORTHY: Outstanding prelates
As an Anglican and one for whom Percival Gibson was a shining light, and Gladstone Wilson, the epitome of learning for delight, I welcome Dr.Orville Taylor's column in the Sunday Gleaner of October 7. Every school child in Jamaica should learn of these two most distinguished...
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