Smash those walls now - Garrisons must be dismantled
Mr Prime Minister, tear down those walls and set yourself and the other captives free! You have promised to dismantle the garrisons and there is no better time than now. From The Gleaner of June 1, 2005: "Opposition leader Bruce Golding on Tuesday, May 17, appealed for the implementation of crime recommendations to dismantle garrisons and reshape politics in these communities.

SMASH
Continued from E1strength to translate this into electoral support.

What hope for inner-city youth?
Dennis Chung has abandoned the usually narrow economistic concerns of financial analysts and is focusing almost exclusively these days on Jamaica's urgent need to fix our social problems, particularly crime and the lack of respect for public order. That's priority number one for Jamaica, not balancing the books.

Jamaica's re-engagement with the IMF
On February 4, the latest instalment of Jamaica's relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was made official. A year and a half after the crash of Lehman Brothers, signalling the world financial and economic crisis, the support under the IMF programme was a welcomed move, and the attendant other multi-lateral support should be useful as Jamaica pursues economic and social prosperity, at least in the short term.

Portia prepares for PM's job
The Spokespersons' Council (Shadow Cabinet) of the Opposition People's National Party held an important retreat on March 6 and 7, last weekend. This was part of its preparation to resume its role as government, whenever the electorate asks it to.

Modernisation of the framework for arbitration
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Faculty of Law hosted a seminar on the need to modernise the arbitration framework in Jamaica. The article below puts the discussion in context.

The Haitian disaster: A theological perspective
The following article was submitted by the Public Theology Forum, an ecumenical group of ministers and theologians.