Air quality and our safety
Dear Editor, I heard on the news that a report on the air quality over the Corporate Area is to be available in a few days. Apart from keeping records, what good is that to us? What if the smoke from...
View ArticleCongrats, 'Master Blaster'
Dear Editor, I am very glad to know that former West Indies batting star and captain, Vivian Richards, otherwise known as the "Master Blaster", has been declared the greatest One-Day International...
View ArticleJUTC exclusive lane feels like a crime
Dear Editor, As I sit for over an hour in traffic every morning on Mandela Highway, I think of how unfair an advantage the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has been given by our...
View ArticleWe need to own our hypocrisy and fix it!
Dear Editor, I continue to be amazed at the level of hypocrisy displayed by some of us who live and work on this piece of rock we call Jamaica. Let's not get it twisted, contrary to our own perception...
View ArticleThe shame of abject failure
Dear Editor, Most people are afraid of failure. No normal person wants to be associated with failure, so it seems we have some very abnormal managers of Jamaica. Lately Jamaica has been faced with...
View ArticleSalute to Asst Sup Ryan Gayle
Dear Editor, I write to commend a police officer who recently acted bravely and professionally in the interest of a motorist visiting our island and who was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. The...
View ArticleLimit the fall of the tax axe
Dear Editor, As I see it, and we all should, Parliament should repeal all laws delegating powers to ministers of finance, or any other person, to levy taxes without the prior approval of the full...
View ArticleWe're in a chokehold
Dear Editor, Clovis's cartoon 'I can't breathe' reminds me of the term used after the awful killing of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, on the streets of New York. He was put in a chokehold by an...
View ArticleCharge the Gov't for the bad roads
Dear Editor, In the aftermath of the accident in Christian Pen, Portmore, St Catherine, on Thursday, February 26, 2015, in which 11 people were injured after the driver of the Hiace bus swerved to...
View ArticleWhat a 'waste' of energy
Dear Editor, Whether it was to move the dump or convert it to a waste-to-energy system, the Government, which has been made up by the People's National Party, has failed to deliver a solution. Many...
View ArticleBollocks!
Dear Editor, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock-DuCasse is incorrect in saying that the Riverton dump smoke will have no lasting effects. The fire has a number of effects on the materials...
View ArticleWe are making a grave error; test them!
Dear Editor, Champs turns 105 years old next week and has been the crucible from which Jamaica's track prowess has developed. In the last 20 years the island's dominance on the global athletics stage...
View ArticleBebeto Harris lived a full life
Dear Editor, Bebeto Ronaldo Harris, the young sixth former from Tarrant High School who perished in the flames at his house in Rose Town with his two siblings, was an exemplary student who knew what he...
View ArticleHealth Ministry must not push this one under the carpet
Dear Editor, The recent statement from the Ministry of Health stating that Jamaicans should not experience any long-term effects from the fire at the Riverton disposal site is both alarming and...
View ArticleGarbage in, politics out
Dear Editor, Jennifer Edwards was doomed to fail from the outset. Her employment may have been political, but having only 37 per cent of her budget approved meant that she couldn't perform and, in the...
View ArticleThanks, NSWMA board...loyalists usually safe
It is clear Portia Simpson Miller will never ever demand accountability from those who are her personal allies and loyalists who have been distastefully rewarded with key public positions. The prime...
View ArticleThumbs up, Holness
Dear Editor, When politicians do and say irrational things, neglect their duties, or fail to address issues in a meaningful way, we take turns to crucify them as they so deserve. I am of the strong...
View ArticleThis Gov't seems to have no clue
Dear Editor, When the country elected this Government it was with the understanding that it would do better than the Andrew Holness-led Administration. All of that is now appearing to be a big mistake....
View ArticleWe are not the Wild, Wild West!
Dear Editor, I'm sorry, but, I'm not one of the gullible ones who believe in the "gunman engaging the cops in a shootout" theory. This happens far too often to be believable, and with the...
View ArticleJa's food security more than a sham
Dear Editor, I am encouraged by the article of guest columnist Fabian Rhule that our young people have become engaged and indeed outraged by the perfunctory treatment of this critical issue of food...
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