Help the street people
Dear Editor, Every day it is with great pain that I observe the plight of street people, inclusive of the mentally ill. While on the street they are subject to abuse, hunger, sickness, and even death....
View ArticleWe need to reset the thing!
Dear Editor, The recent death of young Mario Deane as a result of what happened to him at the police station has brought into the open the nature of how most of us locals are perceived and esteemed by...
View ArticleShuffle out Fenton Ferguson
Dear Editor, Hundreds of children suffering with heart problems still anxiously await life-saving help because governmental bureaucracy has hampered completion of a local and international private...
View ArticleThe city is dark and overrun with garbage
Dear Sir, I write in response to an article which appeared in the Jamaica Observer on August 19, 2014, headlined, 'NSWMA to resume weekly garbage collection next week', in which National Solid Waste...
View ArticleCLARIFICATION
The file photo carried on Page 12 of yesterday's Observer with the letter 'The city is dark and overrun with garbage', was shot at Pedro Cays and not in the city of Kingston as suggested. Our apology...
View ArticleCatch up to reality, Ministry of Health
Dear Editor, It looks like the Ministry of Health is either terribly incompetent or in a deep state of denial. Last week I endured a bad rash, serious pain in my joints, swelling and a fever. This...
View ArticleAre we being misled?
Dear Editor, I must say that this chikungunya situation between the Government and, what oddly enough seems to be the people of Jamaica, never had to get to this stage. While we have got used to...
View ArticleJamaicans will support the new commish 100%
This is an open letter to Commissioner-Designate Carl Williams: Dear Editor, Congratulations, Sir! Jamaicans will support you 100 per cent if you are firm and fair. Clean house and clean street! We...
View ArticleChemicals used in fogging are not safe
Dear Editor, I am outraged, but not surprised, to read that Dr Marion Bullock-DuCasse is contending that the chemical malathion that is used to attack people or "fog" the area is "safe". According to...
View ArticleMake Ja the land of invention
Dear Editor, I think our political administration should focus on employment and income by making Jamaica a land of inventions, contributing to the prosperity of United States for example. In this...
View ArticleDisastrous J$ decline under PNP
Dear Editor, Dr Peter Phillips and Portia Simpson Miller seem to take pleasure in telling us that it is the four years of Jamaica Labour Party administration which cause us to be in this bad state....
View ArticleWe cannot be that helpless
Dear Editor, While we in Jamaica can breathe a sigh of relief that that aeroplane crash off the coast of Portland a few days ago was as a result of a very unfortunate accident, it should be a wake-up...
View ArticleAIDS funding shift long time coming
Dear Editor, On September 8, 2014, I read a letter to the editor from activist Maurice Tomlinson entitled, 'Who will fund the anti-HIV response?' Among other things, Tomlinson stated: "The Lawyers...
View ArticleRoger was a man for all seasons
Dear Editor, We give thanks for the life of the late Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke, who was a man for all seasons and a great supporter of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association. We...
View ArticleCompanies must co-operate to make the dream work
Dear Editor, Beneath the veneer of public spats and what looks like bitter rivalry many companies co-operate with each other. For decades in the sugar industry, when one factory is in serious trouble...
View ArticleOf helmets and the law
Dear Editor, I am almost sure that there is a law on the books which requires motorcyclists to wear protective helmets and a penalty for non-compliance. For, if there were such a law, ostensibly at its...
View ArticleGrowth strategy needed to dig us out of the rut
Dear Editor, The director of the Planning Institute of Jamaica informs us that a stimulus is not under consideration as there is no deficiency in demand and it is not affordable. The more realistic...
View ArticleThe Ark will be an inspiration
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Observer opinion piece of Friday, September 5, 2014 by Franklin Johnston, entitled 'The Ark of Return may be a monumental error', questioned the relevance, rationale and...
View ArticleHow much longer before we address the real issues
Dear Editor, Our country has a long way to go, but by faith I am very sure we will get there. The question, however, is when? I am a Jamaican by birth. Though only 17 years old I will never give up on...
View ArticleI won't cool it, Observer
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Observer editorial dated September 12, 2014, titled 'Mr Seiveright should cool it' grants me the opportunity to restate and clarify for you my position on chikungunya. For one,...
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