Put matters right with Warmington
Dear Editor, It is said that the devil does not like holy water, and people like Greg Christie and Everald Warmington are like holy water and will never be popular by those among us who, like the...
View ArticleWe are a pack of jokers!
Dear Editor, Recently, my daughter asked me: "Why do we not expect the same standards from our politicians as we do from our athletes? Gold-medal, record-breaking, world's best, and so on?" So I went...
View ArticleTry to understand the Bible better
Dear Editor, Liturgical worship has been in the news recently and erroneously characterised as European Christianity. There is no such thing as European or African Christianity. The same Christianity,...
View ArticleCustomer service vs sales
Dear Editor, Apart from investing tremendously in education and agriculture in order for any country to be productive and vibrant, good customer service should be at the forefront of any business for...
View ArticleCondolence
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Justices of the Peace in Manchester, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of R James deRoux, past Custos of Clarendon. Please know that we...
View ArticleThe US fiscal cliff and Jamaica
Dear Editor, As the public waits nervously for the government to strike a deal with the International Monetary Fund at the end of this year, a slowdown in economic recovery is likely to take place....
View ArticleTo whom do we look guidance?
Dear Editor, I am at a loss as to who is speaking the truth and whom we can believe concerning the status of the economy. Opposition Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw boldly told the nation that one of...
View ArticleMOE committed to helping early childhood education
Dear Editor, Thanks to the Jamaica Observer for welcoming the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) to your Monday Exchange on November 19, 2012, and for the many stories on early childhood development that...
View ArticleStimulate production, widen tax net
Dear Editor, I am really having a problem with the "get money at all costs" approach of our government when it comes to taxation. How can we be paying 25 per cent tax on phone credit, then we are now...
View ArticleBan corporal punishment in schools
Dear Editor, I read with concern an article in the Jamaica Observer of November 26 about parents in Portmore, St Catherine, who were threatened because they protested against the use of corporal...
View ArticleNo need to beat students
Dear Editor, School is about learning. But it is also about socialisation, preparing our youngsters to be responsible and productive adults. We want to judge a good school by its academic results, its...
View ArticleHave a car pool for ministers
Dear Editor, Jamaica is only now looking seriously at the business of cars for ministers of government and the heavy cost to taxpayers that goes with this privilege. However, the British government...
View ArticleThe govt's unconsionable SUV three-card trick!
Dear Editor, Even before the 2011 general election, the present Government, then in Opposition, was aware of the state of our economy, the level of indebtedness of the country and that severe...
View ArticleDental registrar sorely needed
Dear Editor, Once again I am forced to write concerning the parlous state of affairs affecting the governance of dentistry in Jamaica. Our profession is small and is represented by fewer than 200...
View ArticleTrain all teachers in literacy education
Dear Editor, I strongly propose that all teachers in Jamaica, regardless of their subject area, be trained in facilitating literacy instruction. The reality is that a great number of our students at...
View ArticleGreat job, Inland Revenue
Dear Editor, All these years I have been visiting the Inland Revenue Department, Old Hope Road, to do business and November 28, 2012 was the first time that I have been there and did not have to spend...
View ArticleNothing matters if the poor love you
Dear Editor, Being the astute politician she is, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller knows that this brouhaha over $60 million for her ministers' SUVs will soon blow over. Like the consultant issue,...
View ArticleBig mistake, PM
Dear Editor, The prime minister no doubt has the best interest of the nation at heart. She has said so often enough, and up until now I see no overriding reason to question her patriotism. However, I...
View ArticleWrong move, NWC!
Dear Editor, The ridiculous attempt by the National Water Commission to impose another rate increase on the three out of 10 consumers who account for all of the water paid for is without doubt a cruel...
View ArticleECC should amend 'rule' of one trained teacher per school
Dear Editor, As an early childhood teacher, I am compelled to respond to an article that was published in the Jamaica Observer of November 20, 2012, "Early Childhood Commission laments lack of trained...
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