Charge vendors a fee to sell on buses
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), and by extension the Jamaican taxpayer, has had to contend with haemorrhaging losses on a daily, weekly, and ultimately annual basis. To say that...
View ArticleBill Clinton was in fact impeached
Dear Editor, Maybe the holiday spirit had got into your usual on-point writers in your December 31, 2014 edition, when one wrote: "Former United States President Bill Clinton was almost impeached and...
View ArticleSpecial thank you
Dear Editor, This letter serves to highlight the good deed performed by a driver of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Greater Portmore #17 bus who diverted from his route to take my mother to the...
View ArticleWe want justice!
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller: On behalf of our people, I am demanding that immediate steps be taken to give priority to improve the justice...
View ArticleJamaica should consider coal with an open mind
Dear Editor, The dangers of coal have decreased with advancements in clean coal technologies (CCTs). These technologies minimise the release of pollutants, such as oxides of sulphur (SOx) and nitrogen...
View Article100 murders in a month?!
Dear Editor, The crime situation is quite alarming and the fears of the Jamaican people of the spike in the number of homicide is further exacerbated by the minister's statement to Parliament that...
View ArticleIs there racism in Miss Universe pageant?
Dear Editor, Admittedly, there were some gorgeous women competing in the recent Miss Universe pageant, including our very own Kaci Fennell -- who did amazingly well! I agree with many that she...
View ArticleJLP needs more than a reshuffle
Dear Editor, As I read the Jamaica Observer article on the Opposition leader's proposed shadow cabinet reshuffle, I chuckled all the way to my keyboard and my trusted mouse to give a comment. While...
View ArticlePM gives good talk in DC, but 'dutty tough'
Dear Editor, During the prime minister's recent visit to the United States Congress, she expressed gratitude to the members for their support when Jamaica sought to secure funding under an agreement...
View ArticleWe welcome back, Mr Bogle...but be advised
Dear Editor, I congratulate the Jamaica Observer for drawing attention to the unfortunate case of Lloyd Bogle, who was unable to return to the UK following his holiday in Jamaica as he did not have the...
View Article9th most miserable country in the world
Dear Editor, I note with great amusement that we are considered the ninth most miserable country in the world based on Cato's Misery Index 2014; I want to feel that it is true. We are a miserable...
View ArticlePunishment is not victimisation
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves and all other like-minded people: The word "victimization" is not to be confused with "punishment"...
View ArticleHope and despair amid Ja's crime figures
Dear Editor, Jamaicans were buoyed when we heard of a significant trending down of serious violent crime toward the end of 2014. But a little after we had that last delicious slice of Christmas...
View ArticleSunday Observer inspires and motivates thousands
Dear Editor, I must commend your newspaper's Sunday edition on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide. Your superb investigative, incisive journalism, highlighting human strength,...
View ArticleJa's health sector need attention
Dear Editor, There have been media reports that the May Pen Hospital is facing a shortage of medical supplies and equipment and one is left to wonder exactly what is happening in the nation's public...
View ArticleJC follows the rules, you're playing 'sour grapes'
Dear Editor, I have read with interest some assertions that made in an article written by Jamaica Observer Senior Reporter Howard Walker, published on Friday, January 30, 2015, titled 'Not for sale:...
View ArticleHere's a star for you Burrell, Schaefer
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Winfried Schaefer and Captain Horace Burrell regarding the best not yet recognised, Andre Snipe Reynolds: You don't know me. I am Dr Kemoi Reid, currently...
View ArticleLet the children think, speak without boundaries
Dear Editor, The education system needs a good shake-up. Shake it up and shake it out thoroughly like a dusty rug. Stop trying to put new wine into old bottles. Revamp the system completely. Could we...
View ArticleMy history is more than one month
Dear Editor, So a friend of mine and I just had a discussion relating to Black History Month. She asked me if I embraced it and I told her no. She was surprised and asked how could I be a black person...
View ArticleThank you for the reflectors, but...
Dear Editor, Traversing Washington Boulevard since last week, I have noticed reflectors on the road from Dunrobin Avenue, all the way down that busy thoroughfare. So, instead of fixing the street...
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