Don't shaft Portmore again
Dear Editor, The latest mega-project for Portmore is the Port Authority's Fort Augusta Container Terminal. To facilitate this all the women prisoners are to be moved by year-end. This project, which is...
View ArticleWrong move, Mrs Kerr-Jarrett
Dear Editor, Paula Kerr-Jarrett's decision to impose her image on the Jamaican flag is only one of other serious violations by Jamaicans. The other violations are far worse. Her decision to put her...
View ArticleASS school?
Dear Editor, Last month Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar honoured Toco Secondary school by renaming it after Olympic gold-medal winner Keshorn Walcott. We are asking her, with...
View ArticleIncorporate all minority, ethnic and religious groups
Dear Editor, With 50 years of political independence, the basic elements of nationhood are in place: the anthem, the flag, the army, and a political system that is democratic in nature. Political...
View ArticleChange how crime is handled
Dear Editor, Spanish Town Citizens Against Gun Violence is calling upon the government to make speedy changes to the way crime and violence, and murder in particular, are handled in Jamaica. A pregnant...
View ArticleDon't hide the past - forget it, build a better future
Dear Editor, I read with interest Mr Wayne Campbell's letter in the Jamaica Observer of August 29, 2012, and was amazed what partisan politics can do to skew someone's view of historical facts. What...
View ArticleSpeak the truth about the Manley era
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter of August 29, "In Manley's time". Here is a classic case of the coal stove pot cursing the electric kettle. I wondered who could have criticised Delano Seiveright in...
View ArticleWe need a proper employment strategy
Dear Editor, Since the latest unemployment numbers were released I have had to wonder if the JEEP is driving around and killing jobs. The Planning Institute of Jamaica reported that over the last...
View ArticleA lawyer who advises himself has a fool for a client!
Dear Editor, Probably the public servant I least wish to find myself criticising is Contractor General Greg Christie. I don't doubt his commitment to the job and the last thing I wish to find myself...
View ArticleMake sure every cent of loan funds are accounted for
Dear Editor, It is a known practice that when an individual or organisation seeks a loan from any financial institution for whatever purpose, the common practice is that the person or organisation...
View ArticleGov't must provide cost/benefit analysis of London expenditure
Dear Editor, Hopefully, Damion Crawford is finding out that flippant words in political life can negate good works. Two words, "shell dung" have created a firestorm in the body politic, and rightly so....
View ArticleLeave Usain alone!
Dear Editor In the Jamaica Observer of September 11, you published an article written by MP Lloyd B Smith "H'emphasise your h'aitches". It is time for Mr Smith and the other proponents of...
View ArticleRemembering Cuba and the USA
Dear Editor, The month of September marks important dates in the history of neighbouring states - Cuba and the United States of America. For our sister nation Cuba, September 12 marks the 14th...
View ArticleDon't give him the time of day!
Dear Editor, The furore about alleged statements by President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe regarding Jamaicans is one that I believe we should hastily bury without offering it the dignity of public...
View ArticleMugabe's criticism another wake-up call?
Dear Editor, The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has struck a very controversial and apparently disruptive - though not necessarily discordant note - with Jamaican men in general, which is...
View ArticleStop throwing around honours!
Dear Editor, Small minds and big honours! Why exactly was such a high Jamaican award conferred on President Robert Mugabe? The OJ, as I understand it, is considered the equivalent of knighthood in the...
View Article'Make Work' project an expensive folly
Dear Editor, There is an activity called "Make Work", a pastime indulged in by short-sighted governments anxious to retain cheap popularity. It is a process in which the state creates a position...
View ArticleDon't employ unqualified teachers
Dear Editor, There have been several reports in the media recently regarding an estimated 2000 trained teachers who are unable to secure jobs because of a shortage of teaching posts. I wish to submit...
View ArticleHappy with the Observer, angry with The Gleaner
Dear Editor: May I heartily congratulate you on your editorial in today's paper telling the troublemakers to "Leave Commissioner Ellington alone!" We in Jamaica really know how to tear down everything...
View ArticleHave frank discussions on support for track athletes
Dear Editor, Similar to all other professions, a stint in track and field demands personal sacrifice for athletes who aspire to ascend the steps of the podium. For the athletes, events such as the...
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