Preposterous!
Dear Editor, We have witnessed the abuse of children in the state's protection, yet the abusers were not fired. Then the questionable waste of millions of taxpayers' dollars, but no one has been held...
View ArticleBreak the cycle of handouts
Dear Editor, Anything you can do, I can do better. It is an unfortunate scenario for any country when those elected to lead a country are all too busy with competing and outdoing each other. I was...
View ArticleMarley feeds the soul
Dear Editor, I am urged to share this experience with my fellow Jamaicans. I am overseas studying in the western part of the United States, in a very small region where the acreage and population of...
View ArticleThat embargo on Cuba
Dear Editor, SOME time ago US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared the view that the USA's embargo against Cuba helps the Castros, noting that: "It is my personal belief that the Castros do not...
View ArticleEducate the public on tolerance
Dear Editor, I wish to express my outrage at our government's vote against the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United Nation's Draft Resolution against extrajudicial...
View ArticlePM, focus on more important matters
Dear Editor, The political hypocrisy is just too much to handle at this critical juncture in the life of our nation. While I decry the Opposition leader's announcement that the JLP's election campaign...
View ArticleWhat's behind Dr Ferguson's call?
Dear Editor, At a recent conference Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson again called for a revision or repeal of the buggery law in the fight against HIV/AIDS. However, I wonder if Dr Ferguson's call...
View ArticleLet the court decide on bus preaching?
Dear Editor, Preaching at street corners is different from preaching on a bus. When you preach on a bus, you are preaching to an audience that has no choice but to listen, so those who don't want to...
View ArticleAll the best, Greg
Dear Editor, So now Contractor General Greg Christie, our weary warrior, is putting down his sword and leaving the battlefield and the fight against corruption. No doubt his tremendous talents will be...
View ArticleUse TVET to capitalise on our needs
Dear Editor, As the world slowly emerges from the current economic downturn, the ability of countries to increase the skills of their workforce is a significant concern of both business and government....
View ArticlePassengers held hostage by bus preachers
Dear Editor, The Lord Bishop of Jamaica in "Mutterings of an unholy preacher" in the Sunday Observer of December 2, 2012, has highlited a destructive attitude or behaviour among religious groups "to...
View ArticleJamaica must remain market leader in reggae
Dear Editor, I would like to agree with Mr Charles Campbell on all the points made in his article in the Jamaica Observer of November 5, 2012: “Wanted – good songwriters”. The observations posited in...
View ArticlePay NTCS in honour of Millwood
Dear Editor,"Justice delayed is justice denied". Poor Ezroy Millwood fought tirelessly for the rights of poor bus operators whose contracts were prematurely ended by the PNP government in 2001, then...
View ArticleChurch as a prop for the aged
Dear Editor, Life expectancy is growing, and in Europe and elsewhere there will be more old people. Now, a person of 70 can still do many things. But it is clear that the body deteriorates over time....
View ArticleCould bestiality ever be right?
Dear Editor, According to the BBC, the attempt by the German government to change the law that allows people to have sex with animals is being fiercely challenged by a least one bestiality rights group...
View ArticleCorporal punishment an absolute necessity
Dear Editor, This is in response to your recent article regarding corporal punishment. As a means of maintaining order, discipline and high academic achievement, corporal punishment is an absolute...
View ArticleJamaica needs social reconstruction
Dear Editor, In 1973, former Prime Minister Michael Manley said: "Change is the willingness to look at your system and have the courage to know what is wrong." (Manley's budget speech: May 5, 1973). So...
View Article'I am willing to help troubled children'
Dear Editor, I refer to the editorial, "Questions on the Malvern Special High School (MSHS), in the Jamaica Observer of December 3, 2012. I would like to put forward some points for consideration based...
View ArticleFollow the rules!
Dear Editor, Jamaica has a serious problem of double standards, which is one of the main reasons we have so much indiscipline among us. Our children grew up with adults who blatantly disregard rules...
View ArticleChristmas and paganism
Dear Editor, A few church groups across the globe tell us that Christmas celebration on December 25 has its roots in paganism. But nothing could be further from the truth as we will show in the...
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