Like ants to fat
Dear Editor, Haven't you found it simply amazing that, particularly at times of an expected "shower", ants emerge from their invisible nests and will just instinctively find our precious food, wherever...
View ArticleApril 2015 may be your D-Day, PM
Dear Editor, The great Lao Tzu says: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." But was this step by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller a good one? Look at it, weeks upon weeks of...
View ArticleDisappointed in Lloyd B Smith
Dear Editor, I am very disappointed in Lloyd B Smith's latest column, 'The other side of Outameni'. In it he states:"Having absorbed all of the above, I am most distressed that an outstanding Jamaican...
View ArticleJamaicans, wake up!
Dear Editor, I read the Observer story on Monday, November 24, 2014, titled 'We will not resign, chairman and NHT board members say' and I am forced to wonder are we, as Jamaicans, going to accept this...
View ArticlePlease restore the hope that has been stolen, PM
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller: I have never had the pleasure of being in your company, to encounter the radiance I have heard spoken of so often. Put...
View ArticleTweet on, 'articulate minority'
Dear Editor, I must concede that I cherish these spontaneous gaffes by those who preside over the resources of this country. I crave your indulgence as I assess Minister Robert Pickersgill's offensive,...
View ArticleI want to become a board member...not!
Dear Editor, As a citizen of Jamaica, I often wondered what it takes to become a board member of a government-run entity. I have always had the belief that I have the skill sets, academic...
View ArticleThe work to remove HIV/AIDS stigma continues
Dear Editor, Today, December 1, World Aids Day, is one of the most recognisable international health days. On this day the world pauses to bring awareness to the struggles of those impacted by...
View ArticleWhat will be your legacy, PM Simpson Miller?
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller: I find myself wondering, pondering what will be your legacy when you leave office. I lie awake trying to figure out what is...
View ArticleHas Delroy Chuck done lost his mind?
Dear Editor, I am forced to asked the question if member of parliament for North East St Andrew and member of the joint committee looking at the sexual offences act, Delroy Chuck, has lost his mind. I...
View ArticlePlain old black infighting
Dear Editor, Whenever a person of colour gets near some money in Jamaica it always seems to end up in great controversy, even if it is a mirage, as is the case in the "Outameni controversy". Until the...
View ArticleDance abroad, quiet ah yard
Dear Editor, As a Jamaican residing in America I cannot help but notice the hypocrisy of many fellow Jamaicans living on foreign shores. They are quick to cry racism and get on the bandwagon in "merry...
View ArticleNo more diehards, vote the issues!
It is a good thing when you are not a diehard member of the JLP, PNP, NDM, JAM, NNC, MGPPP, or any Ps. That means, when you see wrongdoing, you can speak your mind freely. That said, the pronouncements...
View ArticleOne-day election wonder
Dear Editor, Yesterday (December 1, 2014) was the date of the by-election in my home parish of Westmoreland and I have been bombarded with questions of who I was voting for by both friends and morons...
View ArticleCWW is not CWC
Dear Editor, In a letter to the editor in the Jamaica Observer on Monday, November 24, 2014, written by Glenford Warner, the writer, while responding to a previously published opinion piece which...
View ArticleLook at Barbados, look at us
Dear Editor, On November 30, 2014, Barbados celebrated her 48th anniversary of Independence. I take this opportunity to wish Barbadians another year of prosperity, growth and affluence. For us...
View ArticleHow do you like them grapes?
Most people like good rivalry. It's quite humorous to poke fun at competitors. The posturing and boasting about who is number one can even give a good laugh. After all, who likes sour grapes? However,...
View ArticleThe story of Jamaica Reds and Blacks
Dear Editor, I read with keen interest the article written by Donald I Blair, titled 'The Story of Manchester' published in the Jamaica Observer Central of December 1, 2014. I pause to query the...
View Article'Ordinary Jamaicans'
Dear Editor, I have always regarded Minister Robert Pickersgill as an urbane, level-headed gentleman, which explains the shock and horror I felt when I saw him on television describing one group of our...
View ArticleWhy Outameni became 'out-a-money'
Dear Editor, Indubitably, marketing is one of the most critical aspects of any heritage or interpretive attraction operation. Successful marketing efforts equate to more business, particularly those...
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