Dance ah yard... fix 119 system
Dear Editor, Our National Security Minister Peter Bunting recently said the military forces of Caribbean and Latin American countries should now start planning to deal with public emergencies arising...
View ArticleWhen did my beautiful Jamaica become this hell?
Dear Editor, I recently travelled to the United Kingdom for two-and-a-half weeks. While there, I was asked by quite a few people where I was from after they heard me speak. After answering that...
View ArticleCredit unions: Local service, global good
Dear Editor, Today, October 16, 2014, credit unions worldwide will celebrate International Credit Union Day under the theme 'Local Service, Global Good' by joining together and celebrating the...
View ArticleAttend primary health care facilities first
Dear Editor, There is a misconception going around that people are being turned away at hospitals and told to visit the health centre for CHIKV symptoms. There are hundreds of patients seen at...
View ArticleHas Dr Fenton gone mad?
Dear Editor, Jesus wept once again. The minister of health Dr Fenton, Ferguson has declared that he would like to be infected with the CHIKV so that he can better understand and feel what those...
View ArticleToday is World Food Day
Dear Editor, Today, and every day, we eat thanks to the labours of family farmers. They run the vast majority of farms in the world. They preserve natural resources and agro-biodiversity. They are the...
View ArticleNo reduction in holidays proposed
Dear Editor, I am not proposing a reduction in the number of public holidays, as indicated by Timothy Cawley in his letter published on Tuesday, October 14. My proposal is for Independence Day and...
View ArticleAct wise!
Dear Editor, It's not my thing to talk politics and I don't take pride in doing so. But, while the system of governance is being blamed in Jamaica for not taking respective measures towards preventing...
View ArticleDo we have a ICT framework?
Dear Editor, The Government of Jamaica has been unhurried in taking advantage of information and communication technology (ICT) to renovate and streamline the public sector, and in adopting a...
View ArticleLet's impose a travel ban on Ebola-affected countries now!
Dear Editor, Officials were yesterday locked in a high-level meeting over the arrival of a man here in Jamaica who admitted to airport authorities that he travelled to Liberia in the last 10 days...
View ArticleWait for Ebola, Minister
Dear Editor, Having been judged incompetent in his handling of the CHIKV epidemic, the minister of health now seems to be displaying pseudo-Messianic hopes of being infected in order to be "touched...
View ArticleFarrakhan should not have been given permission to come here
Dear Editor, While I can understand the reason Yasin Abu Bakr, who was planning to attend the "million man march", was deported from Jamaica on account of the potential threat that the Government saw...
View ArticleGender neutrality need not be an issue
Dear Editor, Woman Inc's submission to the parliamentary committee reviewing the sexual offences laws includes the change that sexual intercourse be defined as "the penetration of the vagina of one...
View ArticleOur reactive Gov't failed the people's test
Dear Editor, It is said experience is the best teacher, but clearly not in this country. There is also another saying that if you do the same thing more than once then it is not a mistake; it is...
View ArticleFarrakhan is out of order!
Dear Editor, I'm not even sure why Jamaica was chosen for this Nation of Islam "Million Man March" anniversary meeting, but if freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion is what...
View ArticleTan abraad! No com' bak a yaad!
Dear Editor, Something is not right with the current 'returning resident policy'. To qualify for this exalted status at the time of intended return home a Jamaican must have been living abroad for the...
View ArticleDon't be naive about Walter Rodney
Dear Editor, Walter Rodney was blown to bits in 1980 when he foolishly went to a rendezvous with an officer of the Guyana Defence Force, who handed him a parcel that was supposed to contain top secret...
View ArticleWhat has Farrakhan taught J'cans?
Dear Editor, I watched the million man march anniversary event and the first thing that came to my mind was the ignorance of our people. Yes, I said it, the ignorance of our people. Here were thousands...
View ArticleCongrats on your OD, NMW
Dear Editor, The board, management and team members of the Devon House Development Company Limited wish to extend our heartiest congratulations to an outstanding member of your editorial team, Novia...
View ArticleJamaica is crying out for change
Amidst all the ills that plague the land of wood and water, the rhetoric that cause angst, and the political diatribe that divides the nation, I must pause to wish all of Jamaica a Happy Heroes' Day. A...
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