Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
Published: Monday Sunday | April 26, 2009
Saving public-sector jobs
The lead-up to the Budget Debate has virtually been all about the public-sector wage bill and the unsustainable domestic debt. Much commentary holds, usually by cold logic, that a wage freeze is a necessary interim arrangement and a large cut in public-sector jobs is ultimately required. Read More...
We must all make sacrifices
Long before there was a global recession, the fundamentals of the Jamaican economy were not in good condition. Over the 36 years between 1972 and 2007, Jamaica's growth has averaged only around two per cent per annum, while our Caribbean counterparts have done much better. Read More...
That uneventful Americas Summit
The significance of the recently concluded Summit of the Americas can be judged by the amount of media attention given to that photo op Hugh Chavez had with Barack Obama and the fact that the Venezuelan radical gave him a book. Read More...
The truth about school-based assessment
The representations about school-based assessment (SBA), in the examinations of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in particular, contained in three recent publications in The Gleaner have prompted me to share some information on the subject of SBA, which, I hope will help to clarify, and put in their proper perspective, the actions reportedly taken by some schools to optimise performance in SBAs Read More...
Feverish dreams
The following article by former Cuban president, Fidel Castro, was submitted by the Cuban Embassy in Kingston. Read More...
Beyond the Trinidad Summit
President Barack Obama accomplished his immediate objectives at the Summit of the Americas. He conveyed an attractive approach to Latin America that is consistent with his overall worldview: confident, open, genuinely interested in consultation but also committed to expressing United States objectives, and ready to move away from unilateralism and presumption without being defensive. Read More...