Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
Published: Monday Sunday | March 15, 2009
Dual citizenship, budget and values
The battered-woman syndrome
We could be in for a political crisis (or a series of by-elections) if the Speaker of the House decides to take a roll call on those members who have dual citizenship or American green cards. Read More...
West Portland: Holding the balance in Jamaica's democracy
The battered-woman syndrome
The local Sunday Herald which arrived in the parlours and the well-appointed drawing rooms of the nation on International Women's Day informed its readers that domestic violence had taken the lives of two more individuals. Read More...
Too close to call
Western Portland was among the 32 constituencies fixed in the Constitution granted to Jamaica by Order in Council October 27, 1944. Read More...
West Portland: Tough on turncoats
Sometime before the last general election in September 2007, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, responding to the news that Abe Dabdoub was confirmed as his PNP opponent remarked that " ... Read More...
Is dollarisation the answer?
The recent rapid slide in the Jamaican dollar and hike in interest rates have heightened fears of a future of economic instability and the global financial meltdown has only served to turn fear into despondency. Read More...