Below are editorials from both the Gleaner and Observer on Independence Day.

I would like to wish all Jamaicans everywhere a happy day celebrating our country's birth.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090806/lead/lead6.html

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/html/20090806T000000-0500_156860_OBS_IN DEPENDENCE_IS_GOOD_FOR_THE_YOUNG_AND_THE_OLD.asp

Thank you, and likewise Rebecca. "Independence" is a great thing but we have so much more to do....Let us all remember our National Heroes, as well as so many who've done so much to put the spotlight on Jamaica but may not have been officially recognized. We likkle but we talawah!