We don't put children off buses -- JUTC
Dear Editor, I have read the letter titled, 'Shame, JUTC, do something', published in the Friday, January 9, 2015 edition of the Jamaica Observer. Let me first apologise to the three students who were...
View ArticleValue human life, in general
Dear Editor, I have read with interest the letter to the editor in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday January 6, 2015 entitled 'Our cultural psyche is reprehensible'. If it is true, I do not for one...
View ArticleOh, to be let down by your own Gov't
Dear Editor, I often wonder if government was not meant to defend our lives, liberty and property from those who would violate them and punish those who do. But according to the International Business...
View ArticleSkin bleachers must beware mercury exposure
Dear Editor, The cosmetic industry generates global revenue of more than US$250 billion (Bloomberg, 2014) trading in products for both men and women. Cosmetic creams which can bleach the melanin from...
View ArticleWe can't afford to be complacent, Minister McNeill
Dear Editor, According to the Minister of Tourism Wykeham McNeill, Jamaica has nothing to fear from Cuba. Since the announcement that diplomatic relations would be restored between Cuba and USA, there...
View ArticleThe time for unity is now
Dear Editor The rise of anti-Semitism and the spread of Islam throughout Europe is very much disturbing and cause for concern. Accompanying such troubling developments is a level of violence and...
View ArticleWe don't put children off buses — JUTC
Dear Editor, I have read the letter titled, 'Shame, JUTC, do something', published in the Friday, January 9, 2015 edition of the Jamaica Observer. Let me first apologise to the three students who were...
View ArticleSoon JTB will have nothing to promote
Dear Editor, The website of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) beautifully boasts of Jamaica and beckons visitors looking for a challenging hike and a memorable experience to get their hiking boots on and...
View ArticleAll lives matter
Dear Editor, Last week, in France, terrorists attacked the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as well as a Jewish kosher supermarket, killing 17 people. These vicious attacks resulted in...
View ArticlePass on the savings to the people
Dear Editor, Global Watch Jamaica is calling on the Bakers' Association of Jamaica to make downward adjustments to prices of baked products in light of the significant reduction in the cost of energy....
View ArticleTivoli commission exposing our hypocrisy
Dear Editor, I am still hopping mad since hearing a media report of the tens of millions of dollars being spent on this Tivoli Commission of Enquiry. I am even more upset that two lawyers said the...
View ArticleJa needs to innovate
Dear Editor, Despite years of failure, it can still be argued that Jamaica is on the cusp of greatness. The reason for this optimism is not the success of the economic reform programme, but rather the...
View ArticleJCF's seeming 500-man bounty
Dear Editor, I write in response to a report in the Jamaica Observer, on January 10, 2015, that the police expect to arrest 500 people to face criminal charges in 2015 under the Criminal Justice...
View ArticleWe are losing our best! What are leaders doing?
Dear Editor, It should come as no surprise that the National Youth Values and Attitudes Survey, which was conducted in April last year by UWI's Centre for Leadership and Governance (CLG), found that...
View ArticleMP Wheatley is on the job!
Dear Editor, Let's face it, many Jamaicans have forsaken feelings of high esteem for politicians leaving no room for deference. The reasons for this somewhat hopeless write-off can objectively be...
View ArticleLocal gov't needs good candidates too
Dear Editor, As we approach another local government election I am begging and beseeching the major political parties, mainly, to improve on the capacity and technical competences of the candidates...
View ArticleLots of traffic checks, but what about 'real' crime?
Dear Editor, Having recently been issued a ticket for a questionable violation of the road traffice act, it occurred to me that the island's crime problem must certainly have been solved. Why else...
View ArticleJPS and Kelly Tomblin don't really care
Dear Editor, Ever since Kelly Tomblin came to Jamaica to lead the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) I have admired her. My admiration started when she was willing to take a job with perhaps the most...
View ArticleSunshine Girls did well, let's help keep them going
Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the Sunshine Girls and the management of Jamaica Netball for the brilliant victory they pulled out in the England vs Jamaica Sunshine Series that just ended....
View ArticleJa's gas prices should fall by much more
Dear Editor, World oil prices have fallen about 50 per cent over the past seven months from a high of US$114 per barrel in June 2014 to a low of US$56 today. It is unconscionable that the Jamaican...
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