Disappointing, Minister Brown
Dear Editor, I am further disappointed by state minister, Arnaldo Brown's response to the telephone bill scandal. He alleges that the high bills were incurred from data and roaming charges during his...
View ArticleWhat was the 'Ram Slam' plan?
Dear Editor, At the time of writing, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had not yet indicated the composition of, or terms of reference for, the promised task force to investigate the issues...
View ArticleDr Myrie's column shined a light on things
Dr Colette Cunningham-Myrie, lecturer in the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry at UWI, Mona, wrote an excellent article in the Jamaica Observer on Thursday, October 29, 2014 relating her...
View ArticleBleaching not a self-esteem issue
Dear Editor, Whenever I hear people telling us authoritatively that those among us who indulge in the practice of lightening the tone of their skin via bleaching do so because of low self-esteem it...
View ArticleBring back decorum!
Dear Editor, In early 2012, the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives made it clear that order and decorum would be a major feature of the new parliament. Today, there is a worrying...
View ArticleHolness must change course
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Observer headline on Page 8 of Tuesday, October 28, 2014 attracted my attention. It read, 'Holness: Many of our problems rooted in how we govern'. Although Holness was talking...
View ArticleReligion has nothing to do with opposing abortion
Dear Editor, Chair of the National Family Planning Board, Dr Sandra Knight, says that the time has come to legalise abortions. In response to the argument that abortion is akin to murder, she says:...
View ArticleThere are still good cops in the police force
Dear Editor, Allow me to emphasize the fact that there are still good policemen and women in our police force. Too often we hear of the bad ways in which the policemen and women are portrayed and we...
View ArticleWe must learn to read and reason
Dear Editor, I wish to highlight Mark Clarke's letter, titled 'Peter Bunting...our hero', which was published in the Jamaica Observer on Thursday, October 23, 2014. In his letter, Clarke sarcastically...
View Article8 CXCs but not 'ready for the road'
Dear Editor, I am genuinely concerned about how uninformed we students leaving high school are about the 'real world' and the challenges that we will indeed come across when moving into adulthood. I am...
View ArticleWhy so quiet, Minister Falconer?
Dear Editor, There has been much discussion about the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Leader of Government Business in the Senate A J Nicholson made in the Senate concenring 'flexi...
View ArticleOur young ladies need mentors
Dear Editor, We often speak about the young men on the corners rubbing 'out' their hand middles with nothing to do, which oftentimes put them in trouble with the law, and we forget to look at where the...
View ArticleLlewellyn and Williams should remember they're on the same team
Dear Editor, Jamaica is blessed with some brilliant, gifted and dedicated public servants. Standing tall among them are two legal luminaries: Paula Llewellyn, the country's director of public...
View ArticleInequity the order of the day
Dear Editor, It is amazing how state minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, ramped up a phone bill of over a million dollars in one year and tries to justify it when there are...
View ArticleShame on you, A J
Dear Editor, I was shocked and enraged to the point of tears to learn of Minister A J Nicholson's statement and his subsequent hesitation to withdraw the statement on the premise that it was just a...
View ArticleDon't turn our teenagers into criminals
Dear Editor, I was also one of those who used to think that increasing the age of consent to 18 was a good thing. But for some time now I have had a change of heart. The proposed changes that I hear...
View ArticleNFBP has lost sight of its mandate
Dear Editor, If the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is really geared towards sexual and reproductive health, then arguments to legalise abortion should not even be considered, because...
View ArticleShout-out for Melaine Walker
Dear Editor, Melaine Walker is one of the finest female 400m hurdlers. I wish to make her know that there are people who have her on their minds and are praying for her and wishing her the best. To...
View ArticleGender issues need attention
Dear Editor, The 2014 Global Gender Gap Index Report by the World Economic Forum has been published and Jamaica has a global ranking of 52 out of 142 countries listed. This report examines countries...
View ArticleWICB must manage its affairs
Dear Editor, The recent abandonment of the Test tour by West Indies cricketers in India has done immense damage to West Indies cricket, such as destroyed the foundation of prestige, cloud the legacy,...
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