Time for real sports leadership to step forward
Dear Editor, It has been two weeks since the second staging of the IAAF World Relay Championships in The Bahamas -- a meet that returned generally good performances from the Jamaican contingent, but...
View ArticleMoney-hungry and opportunistic
Dear Editor, I view the story of 51-year-old Delroy McIntosh, the mentally challenged man who was locked up for over 25 years without a trial for a ganja spliff, as both disturbing and disgraceful....
View ArticleYou're insecure! Leave Minister Hanna alone!
Dear Editor, I write in response to Marsha Thomas's comments in the Daily Observer in a letter to the editor, 'Remove youth portfolio from Hanna'. Quite frankly, I'm getting tired of these irrational...
View ArticleI was ashamed to be J'can
Dear Editor, As a Jamaican, I was most embarrassed and felt ashamed how we behaved at the Jamaica Invitational meet at the National Stadium on Saturday the May 9, 2015. What made it more distasteful...
View ArticleWe are back to square one
Dear Editor, Latest media reports indicate that the Flow merger is proceeding along. As a consumer and business owner, who frankly needs reliable, efficient and inexpensive telecommunications services,...
View ArticleWe're practising firefighting from the Dark Ages
Dear Editor, It is a major challenge to find words to adequately express my acute embarrassment as a Jamaican viewing our efforts to extinguish fires at Riverton and now Mavis Bank. To see fires...
View ArticleA law degree doesn't make one honourable
Dear Editor, The ongoing trend of cases involving attorneys being reported in the media has been causing quite a stir in the Jamaican society. Many in high and low places are expressing great...
View ArticleWe shall see about the CCJ's second hurdle
Dear Editor, As the courts have recently shown, political parties, after recommending senators for appointments, have no legal control over their tenure in the Senate. And it follows and applies to...
View ArticleGive property tax rebates for water and energy solutions
Dear Editor, From all indications, the island is yet again suffering from severe drought conditions, having experienced similar conditions last year. Whatever the named phenomenon or cause, what is...
View ArticleLots of work to do, Professor Beckles
We welcome that Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has taken office as UWI vice chancellor, but he has a lot do to build on the successes of the gentle leader E Nigel Harris and to touch on areas that did...
View ArticleDNA laws must not expose public
Dear Editor, I write in response to an article in another newspaper of Sunday, May 9, 2015, titled, 'Why I Oppose DNA Law,' written by prominent Jamaican lawyer Bert Samuels. I wish to commend the...
View ArticleParliament not efficient at creating legislature
Dear Editor, Unlike entrepreneurs who play a vital role in improving the well-being of citizens through employment, the politician has one major tool at his disposal: the legislature. It is through...
View ArticleWhy were we not prepared?
Dear Editor, The fires that devastated our precious Blue Mountains during severe drought conditions this year and last could have been prevented or nipped in the bud had residents been educated in...
View ArticleWhat's already burnt...
Dear Editor, I have not kept abreast of firefighting techniques in Jamaica or globally, or the response that has been mooted towards the spate of fires that sections of the country seem to be...
View ArticleOur police and their tactics
Dear Editor, I for one remain puzzled at the numerous times over the years that the police (sometimes the respective ministers of national security) make these headline-grabbing pronouncements that...
View ArticleSupporting regional integration isn't giving up sovereignty, Holness
Dear Editor, I note the Opposition Leader Andrew Holness's expressed compulsion to affirm nationalism and his unapologetic stance in his declaration of putting Jamaica first. The stance is one that I...
View ArticleDo something about the poor driving!
Dear Editor, It is abundantly clear from driving on Jamaican roads that many drivers are unfamiliar with the road code. Nonetheless, these drivers have valid driver's licences. Consider this: When was...
View ArticleLet the people vote!
Dear Editor, I am pleased that within Jamaica there is a political party in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that believes in giving the people a voice in terms of how our nation is governed. This is...
View ArticleBe careful, Betty Ann Blaine
To say I was shocked and appalled to hear founder of Hear the Children's Cry Betty Ann Blaine imply that only children from poor homes go missing is a gross understatement. Speaking at the launch of...
View ArticleTufton and Williams could make history
Dear Editor, If I were Arthur Williams or Dr Christopher Tufton I would vote with the Government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the final court of appeal. One good reason is that the...
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