Heads roll
Dear Editor, High school football coach gets fired because the team doesn't win the Manning, Walker, or whatever cup. The track and field coach gets fired because the team doesn't win Boys' or Girls'...
View ArticleThe polls are skewed
Dear Editor, The recent Bill Johnson poll has done nothing more than to reawaken the ignorant and baseless opposition to difference which has been sleeping for a while now. It is rather untimely and...
View ArticleDoes the PNP deserve another term?
Dear Editor, With the recent claims that the People's National Party (PNP) will will in the next general election, we must seriously ask ourselves if the PNP delivered on the promises made in 2011 and...
View ArticleHealth sector is ailing!
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Observer story, 'Answer, please!' about a family desperately wanting to know the circumstances behind their loved one's death was heart-rending to read. That a severely ill...
View ArticleGod's prescription for chik-V, Ebola
Dear Editor, Matthew 24: 7 states: "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places." Such a fitting...
View ArticleDebt collection companies need regulation
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Minister of Finance and Planning Peter Phillips: I would be failing my duty if I did not make mention of the commendable job you have been doing in your...
View ArticleDon't denigrate all docs, Clovis
Dear Editor, The cartoon by Clovis published in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 was most unfortunate to put it mildly. One recognises that in order to be funny or to make a political...
View ArticleJamaicans are like frogs
Dear Editor, It is accepted that slavery was, and is an abomination, and wherever instances of it is found today attempts are made to eradicate it. I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that the...
View ArticleParliament must be made to decide the way to reparations
Dear Editor, Having waited this long for the report from the National Research Council, which I have now read and digested, I must express my disappointment at the glaring omission of the most...
View ArticleOut of many, two Jamaicas
Dear Editor, We proudly try to impress the world with our national motto "Out Of Many One People" but in reality are we really one people? Jamaica is a nation with a majority black population. We are...
View ArticleWeed out the bad eggs, Dr Ferguson
Dear Editor, Why is everyone calling for the resignation of the Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson? I think the focus should be on the internal management of the ministry with closer scrutiny being...
View ArticleSW St Bess has faith in Floyd
Dear Editor, Being an attorney-at-law, Floyd Green not only exemplifies success, but is a beacon of hope for many youth in St Elizabeth who look to him as a role model. Riddled with desperation in many...
View ArticlePlace for CHIKV in pantomime, Miss G
Dear Editor, Barbara Gloudon has demonstrated an uncanny ability to communicate with all sorts of creatures near and far, good and evil, earthly and other-worldly. Take CHIKV Mosqui and his crew....
View ArticleWe need to do more than abolish the shift system
Dear Editor, I wish to endorse Leighton Johnson's call for an end to the shift system in our schools. Johnson, who is the principal of the Muschett High School, made the call following the gruesome...
View ArticleJ'can public holidays are there for a purpose, Mr Chin
Recent pronouncements by businessman Lascelles Chin regarding public holidays is cause for concern. As he would be aware, a sovereign nation and/or territories observe holidays based on events of...
View ArticleGod helps those who help themselves
Watching what is taking place as it relates to Jamaica and politics makes me sick. Here we have citizens dying in hospital waiting rooms, health minister denying that there is an epidemic, our dollar...
View ArticleVoter apathy resulted in PNP wins
Dear Editor, Much is being said about the Jamaica Labour Party and polls. But what does it mean these days? Here are the facts for the past 31 years between 1980 and 2011. Seven real elections have...
View ArticleAn end to the 'goat culture'
Dear Editor, The cartoon of the late minister of agriculture which showed him at the passsport office highlights the problem of insecurity in our communities. Foreigners engaged in farming in Jamaica...
View ArticleAppropriate App article, Observer
Dear Editor, I am writing to commend the Jamaica Observer's Arlene Martin-Wilkins on what was a well researched and insightful article written in yesterday's edition, 'There's an App for that?' I was...
View ArticleIn search of the missing ingredient
Dear Editor, I will take this opportunity to leave this little note with regard to the Bill Johnson poll on the Government's handling of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal. My personal stand...
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