Devil hard at work
Dear Editor, The biggest trick of the Devil is distraction. People play into his game as they are active participants in distraction. When people are distracted with the obsession with sex, partying,...
View ArticleI'm worried for my property taxes
Dear Editor, My property tax went from $2,500 to $7,000, and all I can think of is the former Mayor of Lucea Shernet Haughton. Haughton awarded contracts to 11 members of her family and some people are...
View ArticlePut graphic warnings on Rizlas too
Dear Editor, There is something very unbalanced about how we go about trying to discourage people from smoking. We have mandated cigarette companies to put very graphic ads on cigarette packs warning...
View Article#SaveThePO
Dear Editor, It would be strange not to note the irony of this letter's intent versus the channel of communication being used to send it in -- e-mail, no less. Note also its intended title...
View ArticleWe're paying more for less, not less for less
Dear Editor, I have been watching with much interest the broadcast war that has been taking place between Flow and Digicel, and to be honest, as a customer, I just want my channels. I am not too...
View ArticleStop letting Gov't off the hook!
Dear Editor, The piece entitled, 'Stalemate Jamaica', published in the Tuesday, April 28, 2015 edition of the Observer, saw the author advancing arguments that warrant meaningful response. The author,...
View ArticleAre we ready for an earthquake?
Dear Editor, Earthquakes are natural disasters that occur when stresses that have built up along fault lines are released. The recent earthquake in Nepal with a magnitude of 7.8 should be a wake-up...
View ArticleNow we know for sure
Dear Editor, Please tell me that I was not hearing correctly that it was reported that the former Mayor of Lucea Shernet Haughton has said that if she is forced to resign, she is going to, as it were,...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans don't have special rights
Dear Editor, The recent unrest in the US city of Baltimore is another in a series of protests by African-Americans who are demanding an end to what they see as police brutality that is specifically...
View ArticleWhere is our consumer protection?
Dear Editor, Jamaica suffers from many things, one of which is a seeming inability to do things for which we have rules and legislative powers to act. I wrote on my blog over the weekend that our...
View ArticleWhy all the fuss about refined sugar?
Dear Editor, The current problem with some of the imported bulk sugar (used as raw material) being sold to the retail trade, thereby bypassing the full Customs duties applicable, can quite easily be...
View ArticleAngry Baltimore mom did what she had to
Dear Editor, The Baltimore mother featured on the front page of the Daily Observer on April 29, 2015 was mad, angry that the son she brought up well chose to do otherwise and throw an object at the...
View ArticleLocal governance too loose and weak
Dear Editor, The recent findings by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) of gross nepotism by the former mayor of Lucea in the awarding of contracts, and the subsequent ruling by the Director of...
View ArticleWhy are the same people on all state boards?
Dear Editor, Something is clearly wrong in any society in which that government limits its citizens by the continued use of a select number of people to serve on state boards. It bears thought that one...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans don't have special rights, but...
Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to Michael Dingwall's letter to the editor, 'African Americans don't have special rights'. Obviously, Dingwall has never had the displeasure of living in a...
View ArticleClovis got it wrong
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, the Jamaica Observer published a cartoon depicting the US president fighting ISIS while the embattled leader of Syria was 'gassing' the Syrian people. This...
View ArticleI want to serve on the NHT board
Dear Editor, I see where the National Housing Trust (NHT) is still to appoint three board members. I would like to put myself up as a prospect for one of the positions. I don't have a degree or a PhD,...
View ArticleBaltimore 'smack down' a call to 'arms'
Dear Editor, Those of us who saw the lady in yellow deliver the 'smack down' to her ninja-clad tough-as- nails, rioting 16-year-old, will never forget the moment. In that moment, the international...
View ArticleRegulations for DNA laws must be set now
Dear Editor, The passing of DNA evidence legislation in parliament recently is not only timely and relevant, but fulfils the criteria of high quality public policy based on relevance, reliability and...
View ArticlePNP must ascribe to a higher standard of morality and integrity
Whatever the decision the People's National Party (PNP) comes to regarding the future of the former Mayor of Lucea Shernet Haughton that decision must reflect an acknowledgement of the right of...
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