Safety starts with 'S', but begins with you
Dear Editor, I am constantly reminded that the more things change the more they remain the same. For years, the National Road Safety Council and other stakeholders have been preaching the road safety...
View ArticleWho will punish State child abuse, neglect?
Dear Editor, Recently, the Jamaican prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, addressed the issues of child abuse and neglectful parents. She added that the State was going to do everything in its power...
View ArticleCustomers left paying the bill
Dear Editor; This Government's actions continue to baffle me and, to be honest, I am at my wits' end. The Broadcasting Commission's decision to extend the directive to remove illegal channels is beyond...
View ArticleWelcome to the club, Michael Lewis
Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate my friend (Father) Michael Lewis, former Roman Catholic priest, for renouncing his vows of celibacy and taking the beautiful Patricia Moss-Solomon for his bride. I...
View ArticleJamaica reaping what it has sown
Dear Editor, President Barack Obama didn't hide his 'evolution' on same-sex marriage during his visit to Jamaica, and was not bashful about his Administration's and nation's fundamental views on human...
View ArticleNegril needs a hospital
Dear Editor, On Thursday, May 21, 2015, my wife Joan slipped on an almond on a concrete walkway while going to breakfast at the Riu Palace Tropical Bay in Negril. We were staying there as guests for...
View ArticleSetting the representational record straight
Dear Editor, It would be remiss of me if I did not respond to a letter written by Ava Martin, purportedly of Malvern, St Elizabeth, published in the Observer May 25, 2015. Martin suggests that she may...
View ArticleNot even a trace of it
Dear Editor, We are hearing a lot of arguments these days about the repealing the buggery law and same-sex marriage, but we as Jamaicans do not welcome any such moves in this land. I am kindly asking...
View ArticleIf not the United States, then who?
Dear Editor, Why is it that some people have an issue with the United States authorities leading the corruption investigation into FIFA's affairs? Seriously now, does it matter who is leading the...
View ArticleThe Bolt-'Jinx' imbroglio is troubling
Dear Editor, Usain St Leo Bolt, with all his titular trappings, is without question the biggest name to come out of Jamaica in the last quarter of a century. In fact, Bolt stands as a towering example...
View ArticleParents are part of the problem
Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter having read the account in the Sunday Observer of May 24, 2015 of the man who "took" 15 phones left by President Obama's Secret Service in...
View ArticleDemonstrate the reasons for such a high cost for a little book, PICA
Dear Editor, The Passport, Immigration, and Citizenship Agency (PICA) recently announced increases in the prices for Jamaican Passports, which resulted in arguments and counter-arguments from many...
View ArticleWatson is not JWOF's treasurer
Dear Editor, The board of directors of the Jamaican Women of Florida responds to an article from your online edition of the Jamaica Observer, May 22, 2015, 'J'can busted in US for 'defrauding' Gov't,...
View ArticleLocking out students doesn't encourage discipline
Dear Editor, While I agree with the position taken in the Jamaica Observer editorial of May 25, 2015, with regards to the practice of students being locked out of school, I must object to one sentiment...
View ArticleMirror, mirror...
Dear Editor, One of the most popular fairy tales gave us a most interesting question that I insist on utilising with a tweak to add a bit of lightness. As the fairy tale goes, an evil queen had a...
View ArticleCriminal acts may just be standard human urges
Dear Editor, The "reasons" for crime in any country, including Jamaica, are numerous, but they all stem from human nature. Let us not forget that humans are animals, though our ability to engage in...
View ArticleFair is fair
Dear Editor, The Government effectively granted Jamaica Public Service Company Limited a 21 per cent increase and National Water Commission an 18 per cent increase; the same should apply for the public...
View Article'Jinx' must have been frustrated
Dear Editor, We know Usain Bolt is revered and loved everywhere. He is successful and wealthy, he is also not a kid, but a grown man near 30. That "Jinx" made the post on social media it must be out of...
View ArticleHave the 'firestarters' learnt anything?
Dear Editor, Maybe now those who earn a livelihood off the mountain slopes of eastern Jamaica will think twice before they light an uncontrolled fire, whether to clear bush -- which should be illegal,...
View ArticleCan't lay blame at the feet of the poor, Crawford
Dear Editor, While it is now seemingly in vogue for Damion Crawford to berate the poor from the political stomp at every opportunity, reinforcing stereotypes and misperceptions about the poor and...
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