Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
Published: Monday Sunday | January 18, 2009
Israel and the Gaza crisis
Discussing the Middle East is like discussing homosexuality in Jamaica: emotions, bias and prejudice trump reasoned analysis and nuanced thinking on both sides. And when you have the kinds of reports and video footage of real, gut-wrenching civilian suffering and death as in Gaza today, it seems almost cruel to appeal to cold reason.
Education transformation going nowhere
On December 3, 2008, the executive director of the Education Transformation Team (ETT), Frank Weeple, announced that key national education performance targets would not be achieved in 2015 as outlined in the Task Force Report on Educational Reform.
Can we all get along?
It is not a pretty quote but the message, simple and anxious, asks of America's new president, his country and its world leadership: "Can we all get along?" The simple line is immortalised in Rodney King's plea: "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? ...
World heritage status - A necessity for Jamaica's tourism
The winter tourist season is upon us and many are cautiously optimistic of the fate of Caribbean tourism in light of the global financial meltdown. This financial crisis brings with it a degree of promise, in that it forces governments and industry players alike to refocus the sector to take advantage of emerging global trends...
Helen Suzman's zest for life
"Eat your greens!" Helen Suzman would tell me in no uncertain terms at the dinner parties she would host in her pleasant home, Blue Haze, in the heart of Johannesburg's leafy Northern suburbs, as I skipped the cooked vegetables that were such a staple (together with the roast beef) of her household.