JAMFIN challenges SIPP open access
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Association for Micro Financing (JAMFIN) is deeply concerned at the enactment of the Security Interests in Personal Property Act 2013 without due consideration of the full...
View ArticlePoliticians give politics a bad rap
Dear Editor, Politics is a beautiful thing with a bad reputation. This reputation I speak of is without doubt a result of bad practices, mismanagement and misconduct of our politicians over the years....
View ArticleIf I were JLP leader, this is what I would do
Dear Editor, No more than two days after the Constitutional Court made its ruling on undated letters of resignation, I would have made a televised address to the nation, which would say something like...
View ArticleSilver Slipper doesn't shine
Dear Editor, The Silver Slipper Plaza needs to be refurbished much like the former State Cinema, now State Mall. It is an eyesore as a number of shops have closed and vagrants and street people have...
View ArticleLet the Maroons pay too
Dear Editor, February is Black History Month, and every year I await a properly researched paper on the despicable behaviour of the double-crossing Maroons who returned their brothers and sisters to...
View ArticleLocal stations need to know when to take a hike
Dear Editor, You know what irks me immensely? When local stations acquire rights to air TV programmes, and when I tune into regular cable I am greeted by a lengthy message revealing same. To add insult...
View ArticleEnterprise, the hallmark of success
Dear Editor, That enterprise is the most important factor of production, it must be admitted. It is, in the final analysis, the principal contributor to the wealth of individuals and nations....
View ArticleFrom worst Indies to best Indies
Dear Editor, The West Indies cricket team, recently dubbed the minnows of the cricket world, has got back its rightful place in cricket -- on top of the world. The West Indies first created history...
View ArticleDollar devaluation killing health sector
Dear Editor, It has been widely reported in the media that Jamaica's public health facilities are bursting at the seams with patients moreso now than any other time in recent history. Further, it is no...
View ArticleRoyally bamboozled!
Dear Editor, Speaking my mind, we have a Government that does not value education and we have an Opposition leader who is showing his true colours. The man stood contrite before God and man and offered...
View ArticleThe numbers game again, Dr Ferguson?
Dear Editor, Every victim of chikungunya remembers it like it was yesterday, especially the Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson day after day spouting obviously wrong CHIKV numbers. It got so bad...
View ArticleTo two sons of Jamaica
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels: The president, board of directors, management and staff of Jamaica Cricket Association extend heartiest congratulations to you...
View ArticleHigh marks for JFF in hosting tourneys, but that's just tip of the iceberg
Dear Sir, Kindly permit me a few comments on our recently concluded Under-20 CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Jamaica. Sometimes we are so discouraged by poor results that we fail to appreciate the...
View ArticleAndrew's hole-digging exercise
Dear Editor, According to senior JLP member Mike Henry, "There are questions that party leader Andrew Holness must answer in relation to his decision to appeal the Constitutional Court ruling". I...
View ArticleGood going, Thwaites!
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites for having the testicular fortitude to make this step in the right direction in the context of our partisan political culture...
View ArticleGuns without owners
Dear Editor, Every year I have seen pictures of guns seized by the police in the newspapers. In last Thursday's issue what appears to be a military assault rifle is shown. The accompanying stories...
View ArticleAttacks on health workers not a solution
Dear Editor, It has become a sad truism that our interactions with each other, whether on public roads or in private institutions, reflects our depreciating respect for humanity and declining civility....
View ArticleDon't merge Trench Town and Charlie Smith; let them co-operate
Dear Editor, Anyone who understands community development knows that schools are not just places of teaching and learning; they are important symbols within communities. Just think about the Hope Road...
View ArticleWashed-out Black History Month
Dear Editor, I waited until the end of February to speak on the issue of Black History Month celebrations which seem to be non-existent. The Jewish community celebrates so many holidays and...
View ArticleJustice Martin Gayle's comments shameful
Dear Editor, I write to publicly comment on this issue which took place in the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, where a former West End Negril pastor, accused of marrying a...
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