Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Thursday | June 11, 2009

EDITORIAL - CARICOM: rushing towards the abyss
It is time, as Prime Minister Bruce Golding suggests, for there to be some open and frank discussions about the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its future.For while we do not agree exactly with all that the Jamaican leader prescribes to be CARICOM's ailments... Read More...

Needed: An educational Obama
At Independence, when we had an opportunity to reform our education system to truly serve the needs of the Jamaican people at large, the persons who were in a position to do so were those who had successfully made it through the very system... Read More...

The double dip laundry
When Air France flight 447 got hit by thunderstorms off the Brazilian coast recently, sentiments of pity and grief sounded, throughout the world. CNN and of course, the French channels kept the public fully updated on the search for debris down... Read More...

Change MP's role
In a matter of days the North East St Catherine constituency will elect as member of parliament, either Gregory Mair of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) or Granville Valentine of the People's National Party (PNP). Read More...

The new US policy on Israel
When Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to power last year, he assembled a right-leaning coalition that would support him in his opposition to a two-state solution to his country's long-running conflict with the Palestinians. Read More...