South West St Ann needs water
?Dear Editor, The diaspora in North America and Europe is appalled at the treatment of St Ann South Western, especially the communities of Clarksonville, Aboukir, Cedar Valley, Fullerton Park, and the...
View ArticlePlant the JLP philosophy now, Holness
Dear Editor, I read with great interest your Sunday Observer (March 29, 2015) news article titled 'Holness outlines the JLP's philosophy'. I like most of the principles outlined, such as the party's...
View ArticleIn-dependence, not independence
It is very sickening that in a post-colonial country that is supposed to have some sort of independence, both Peter Phillips and Portia Simpson Miller are busy celebrating the plaudits from the IMF's...
View ArticleEdwards never seemed to have a plan
Dear Editor, Jennifer Edwards has been sleeping from day one on the job and she still continues to sleep. It should be the aim and objective of top managers to initiate, influence and sustain a better...
View ArticleHypocrisy: A very disturbing phenomenon
Dear Editor, During this celebratory Lenten and Easter season it is most appropriate to reflect upon some of the teachings and admonitions of Jesus Christ of Nazareth with regard to the practice of...
View ArticleA case for charm school
Dear Editor, While conducting the keynote speech at the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora conference in New York on Thursday, March 26, 2015, a member of the gay community interrupted Prime Minister Portia...
View ArticleWhat's the big deal?
Dear Editor, I don't see what the big kerfuffle is regarding what Michael O'Hara did at Champs. Are we so caught up in our own sense of righteousness that we fail to see that this young man is indeed...
View ArticleDigicel's acquiring NBA rights in the C'bean extraordinary for whom?
Dear Editor, I read a story on Jamaica Observer online advising that Digicel had acquired the rights to the NBA in the Caribbean. To be honest, I didn't read all of it as I had a busy morning and was...
View ArticleNoble legal profession under siege
Dear Editor, The frequency, in recent weeks, with which attorneys-at-law have been brought before the criminal courts is, to say the least, very disturbing. That one is presumed innocent until by his...
View ArticleKeep shining a light, Seiveright
Dear Editor, I note with no surprise a response by Cordinol Beckford, chairman of the Princess Margaret Hospital, to Delano Seiveright's concerns about the poor state of affairs at the hospital. I am...
View ArticleRGD's express service ploy?
Dear Editor, I am deeply concerned about what I consider to be a grave injustice being perpetrated by the Registrar General's Department (RGD). This concerns the long turnaround time it takes to...
View ArticleTransferring SSP McGregor sets back West Kgn progress
Dear Editor, I join the protesting citizens of Denham Town, Tivoli, and the other communities within the Kingston Western Police Division in voicing objection to the transfer of Senior Superintendent...
View ArticleWhere is Obama on reparations?
Dear Editor, Seeing that Barack Obama is the most significant leader of African descent to come to the world stage, I would like to know if he is going to use his influence, especially in the United...
View ArticleDon't even start playing victim, LIME!
Dear Editor, The post-champs talk this year was not about the repeat of the historic '4peat' by Calabar High School, my prestigious alma mater. Instead, the media is blazing with the now famous two...
View ArticleWill there be justice for Mario Deane?
Dear Editor, There are still some unanswered questions in the whole Mario Deane killing: 1. Why is it that a deaf-mute and two mentally challenged men were placed in the same cell along with Deane? 2....
View ArticleDriver 'allowed' to endanger lives
Dear Editor, Some of us in Jamaica must seemingly live in a fantasy land. How does any sensible person, especially a police officer, explain how a driver of a bus is stopped and checked by the police,...
View ArticleNo mass relocation of street people for Obama's visit
Dear Editor, As we host the leader of the free world with much pomp and pageantry I am reminded of the 1999 hosting of the Caricom heads of government in Montego Bay. As part of the preparations,...
View ArticleWe are being insulted!
Dear Editor, I had an old neighbour who used to tell me that one way the British colonialist police officers used to insult black "natives" was to interrupt us and order us to clean their shoes. Well,...
View ArticleFix the ticketing system, ISSA
It is amazing how every year ISSA handles millions from the hosting of boys' and girls' championships and yet the issues regarding ticketing continue to be a problem. One would think that with such...
View ArticleSad politicising of Obama's visit
Apparently, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is coming under some criticism for appearing to politicise President Barack Obama's visit. Her hasty announcement in Parliament on Tuesday, March 17,...
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