Keeping the buggery law is preposterous
Dear Editor, As a man of facts and truth, I wouldn't use slogans such as "Keep the buggery law" without looking into the type of law and its implications for society as the participants did in the...
View ArticlePreaching ban on buses won't destroy faith
Dear Editor, The ban on people who preach on the JUTC buses has been met with both positive and negative reactions. However, what I find more dangerous than what sometimes passes as gospel is the claim...
View ArticleIs CURE scared?
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the matter of the consumer advocacy group, Citizens United to Reduce Electricity (CURE), the Jamaica Public Service Company and the law. The rule of law provides for...
View ArticleNot to our detriment...
Dear Editor, Every once in a while one of our leaders dishes out a soundbyte, imploring us to "buy Jamaican" or "eat Jamaican". The most recent case is the health minister, Dr Fenton Ferguson, and...
View ArticleElsewhere, they would ask Greg Christie to run as prime minister
Dear Editor, After seven years of fighting corruption, Contractor General Greg Christie is calling it quits at the end of November 2012. If there is one Jamaican public servant who has worked...
View ArticleDiatribe, Doctor Johnston, diatribe
Dear Editor, In his Jamaica Observer column of November 2, 2012, Dr Franklin Johnston wrote a diatribe about the characteristics of a teflon teacher. He wrote: "Teachers take the praise and avoid all...
View ArticleEducation minister needs obeah bath
Dear Editor, Every now and then a gem of a thought falls from the lips of our political leaders. This time it was from Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte. A few days ago the senator remarked that we should...
View ArticleSome bus preachers go too far!
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on recent news reports that preaching will no longer be tolerated on the JUTC buses. While this is not aimed at stifling God's word, some of the preachers "carry it too...
View ArticleFidel is not a beast
Dear Editor, I agree with the sentiment expressed by your columnist, Keeble McFarlane. that the US blockade against Cuba is "inhumane, failed and anachronistic" in his Jamaica Observer column of...
View ArticleDo things according to law
Dear Editor, It is amazing how we continually give beautiful answers, in private and public discourse, that are utterly irrelevant to the questions that are asked or should be asked. The current...
View ArticleExpand the National Health Fund
Dear Editor, Recently I had to deal with a health scare that has pushed me to urge all well-thinking Jamaicans to invest in health insurance, if nothing else. This is not to say that other forms of...
View ArticleEarly childhood education needs more funds
Dear Editor, The first article that caught my eye in the Jamaica Observer of November 20 concerned the Early Childhood Commission's plans to assess the readiness of four-year-olds for primary...
View ArticleDon't allow Middle East conflicts to get worse
Dear Editor, Another day, another war. Last week the state of Israel launched missiles into the Gaza Strip at what it claimed were terrorist elements who were threatening the security of the state of...
View ArticleKilling the goose that lays the golden egg?
Dear Editor, It was announced two years ago that California is profiting handsomely from marijuana sales. The United States media story goes:"California is collecting between $50 million and $100...
View ArticleOur nation's failures
Dear Editor, During the 1960s, Jamaica had the fastest-growing economy in the region, averaging over six per cent per annum. However, due to the failure of macro-economic policies pursued by successive...
View ArticleReligion, rights and recognition
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar died in Ireland after being denied an abortion. Savita found herself having problems with her pregnancy and placed herself in the hands of...
View ArticleEvicted residents need an earlier day in court
Dear Editor, I was watching the news on TV on November 20 where the plight of some of the residents of Damhead in St Catherine was highlighted - they were being forced out of their homes. They were...
View ArticleLet decency prevail
DEAR EDITOR, I note with some bemusement the condemnatory responses to the recent incident that took place at UTech involving campus security guards and a student. Individuals with a public platform,...
View ArticleWe are digging our graves with our teeth
Dear Editor, In May 2012, Jamaica's debt stood at a staggering $1.7 trillion (US $19.5 billion) translating to $600,000 for every Jamaican resident. In the interim, we are negotiating with the...
View ArticleSit in the back of the class, Everald
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Labour Party could be categorised as a most self-destructive organisation. In fact, if we were to look at the 1990s we could draw the conclusion that the People's National...
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