Small loans agencies — Help or trouble?
Dear Editor, I have often heard it said that the rich will be richer and the poor will be poorer still. I have never paid it much mind until recently when a gentleman came to me to ask advice about a...
View ArticleTail wagged the dog?
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller came out publicly in defence of the former executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Jennifer Edwards. This is party...
View ArticleTake the plank out of your eye first, Samuda
Dear Editor I write in response to the 'Sack them' article that was published in the Observer of April 8, 2015. How can Matthew Samuda say that Minister Lisa Hanna has done "nothing to justify her...
View ArticleLet's manage the potential of 'Champs'
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Inter-secondary Schools Sport Association (ISSA) President Dr Walton Small: First, let me congratulate you and your executive for continuing to be of service to...
View ArticleThe selfish 13
Dear Editor, Was it Friday the 13th or the Selfish 13th? Thirteen mistakes were made to retain Andrew Holness as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and leader of the Opposition. This will affect...
View ArticleObama brought a moment of joy to Jamaicans
Dear Editor, President Obama's visit was so on time to bring a moment of joy to all Jamaicans. Our country is tired of all the current issues: rising prices, crime, high taxes, incompetent politicians...
View ArticleVision 2030 has mass buy-in
Dear Editor, We write in reference to the Jamaica Observer article published on March 17, 2015, written by Everol Anderson on the Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan, the strategic...
View ArticleIs ESET much ado?
Dear Editor, So we wait. The much-heralded Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET), which was formed in June of 2014 to, among other things, oversee the urgent replacement of baseload generation with...
View ArticleMake Bob a national hero
Dear Editor, When I heard that President Obama detoured to the Bob Marley Museum as the first place he visited after arriving in Jamaica, I felt very proud to be a Jamaican, and proud also of the...
View ArticleJuvenile thinking missed opportunity of Obama's visit
Dear Editor, Barack Obama's recent visit to Jamaica was indeed significant. It is not frequent that a small island like Jamaica is able to host the world's most powerful man. Now that the fanfare has...
View Article'D Day' is gone, but RISE has work to do
Dear Editor, Based on the incidents shared by the Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites, with regard to ganja smoking among students on the very day small quantities of the substance was...
View ArticleConsider write-in candidates
Dear Editor, A write-in candidate is one in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot but for whom voters may vote nonetheless, by writing in the person's name on election day. Write-in...
View ArticleWill the crazy cowards stop killing our future?
Dear Editor, Last week, a select group of young people had the privilege of attending a town hall meeting with US President Barack Obama at the University of the West Indies. For many of those young...
View ArticleLet's maintain city cleaning after Obama's visit
Dear Editor, No one knows where the funds came from all of a sudden to make over the city of Kingston. Regardless, the quick clean-up did not change who we are and shouldn't be considered a facade or a...
View ArticleThe rainbow and 'Obamination'
Dear Editor, To say that the vast majority of Jamaicans experienced being 'star struck' by Barack Obama as he visited our shores recently would be to state the obvious. What is not so obvious to many...
View ArticleNo, no, no!
Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that Senator Imani Duncan-Price has seemingly attempted to distort history using one of her social media pages. The young senator, who many think of as having a different...
View ArticleWe know how to 'roll out a red carpet'
Dear Editor, So US President Barack Obama had a swell time in Jamaica. Let me start by saying thanks to the people of Jamaica for showing him the sort of hospitality that has made the Caribbean a most...
View ArticleWhat gay play?
Dear Editor, The Sunday Observer headline of April 19, 2015, 'Obama's Gay Play', was unfortunate. I suppose it got the desired attention and might've sold some extra papers, but we expect this from a...
View ArticleCorporate Ja's part of the problem
Dear Editor, I am more than a little concerned about all the recent drama surrounding our young star high school athletes and how they are being handled by corporate sponsors. I am happy that some of...
View ArticleUse dancehall to teach
Dear Editor,"Pull up yuh pants an put it pan yuh waist; an' tuck in yuh shirt an doe bleach yuh face..." This is a line from a song dedicated to the youth by now-incarcerated artiste Adidja Palmer, aka...
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