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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Saturday | July 12, 2008

The value of the 'workhouse'
There was a time in Jamaica when someone who was sent to prison would be referred to as "gone a wukhouse".

Wolf, wolf: Duppy know who fe frighten

One of the stories I was told as a child was of a little boy who kept frightening his relatives and friends about a wolf, which was in their neighbourhood.

More than acentury of creole politics

Charles Evans letter on July 9, prompted me to write this letter.I came across an interesting piece of work on the Web by Lena McCourtie...

Living along divided lines

I once believed the national motto spoke to an innate inclination to work together. But now, besides alluding to ethnic groups, it is inconsistent with the air of disunity...





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