Stop playing the numbers game and wasting funds
Dear Editor, It appears that Jamaicans appreciate political gimmicks, because we don't hold administrations accountable for their failure to deliver promises, especially those relating to job creation....
View ArticleGive NDM a chance!
Dear Editor, Almost every year the people of Jamaica complain, lament and protest in disgust that the successive administrations are corrupt and none do anything to help them or make their lives...
View ArticleThe buck stops with the prime minister
Dear Editor, Your editorial of September 24, 2014, titled 'Badly needed: A Caribbean democracy', excites a review of constitutions in the region by stating: "Our commitment to democracy remains...
View ArticleDon't kill the messenger, Minister Hanna
Dear Editor, Chronixx's recent inartful statement on social media addressed the need for Government's involvement in the Jamaican music industry for a clear policy directive. Our creative industries...
View ArticleAppoint a health minister of state
Dear Editor, After last evening's really poor national broadcast by Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson, I am beginning to wonder why such the large and complex Ministry of Health does not have at least...
View ArticleChik-V is our responsibility now
Dear Editor, In recent times there has been much talk about the chikungunya virus. In some circles people have blamed the Government, saying that they have not taken a proper stand in the way they have...
View ArticleStart teaching Chinese instead of French in schools
Dear Editor, I know I am going to get a lot of flak for this from our French teachers, but I think the time has come for us to start preparing our people to deal with the present and future global...
View ArticleWho will heed Obama’s sermon?
Dear Editor, Obama's messianic speech delivered to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2014 truly sets him at the forefront of being, perhaps, one of the most-gifted...
View ArticleMinors living on the street everybody's problem
Dear Editor, There is a growing issue of people living in the drains and on the corners of New Kingston, which we all — MPs, business people, regular citizen — have been ignoring. It seems as if we are...
View ArticlePoliticians should fight chik-V not each other
Dear Editor, While the number of chikungunya cases across the island rises our parliamentarians are arguing and pointing fingers at each other. The Opposition accuses the Government of not speaking the...
View ArticleGlobal policemen?
Dear Editor, It's time the assumed role of the United Kingdom and the United States as global policemen and dispensers of what passes for justice was questioned. That post-war arrangement is, in fact,...
View ArticleNDM has to give itself a chance
Dear Editor, In response to the letter to the editor 'Give the NDM a chance' the National Democratic Movement (NDM) has to give itself a chance and that will be the first step that it needs to take to...
View ArticleJa's hypocrisy in Mario Deane case
Dear Editor, We only seem to get worked up when police brutality reaches outside its usual confines of the poor black boy from some obscure inner-city community. That is my problem with the whole Mario...
View ArticleRest well, Filmore Alveranga, OD
Dear Editor, I join with the Rastafari community, as all Jamaicans should, in mourning the loss of a wise council and visionary in the person of Filmore Alveranga. I hold deep admiration and...
View ArticleStand firm, Chronixx
Dear Editor, If every Jamaican were to go by what is being spouted from many of those who vote PNP, Chronixx would be tied to a stake and burned as they did witches and warlocks long ago. This as he, a...
View ArticleLet's deal with our Jamaican reality
Dear Editor, It is an open secret that Jamaica has thousands of sex workers. Would the country be better off with an open and transparent approach to this reality? What if sex workers were legitimately...
View ArticlePrivate sector will lead Ja's success
Dear Editor, Because of pressure from the International Monetary Fund, this Administration has been forced to implement a raft of pro-market reforms, thus causing prominent voices in the private sector...
View ArticleStop celebrating falsehoods
Dear Editor, It has become the norm for political parties and their supporters to celebrate mediocre performance in Jamaica. Just look at the happenings of the People's National Party's annual...
View ArticleSOS in Wiltshire
Dear Editor, The situation in an area called Wiltshire at the border of Trelawny and St James is that every night from about 9:00 pm a dense fog takes over the area all the way to Flamingo and...
View ArticleBall dropped on chikungunya
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with a full cup of frustration which runneth over with regard to how the Health Minister Fenton Ferguson has handled the outbreak of chikungunya. It has been...
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