Questions for LIME/Flow
Dear Editor, I am a senior citizen music teacher who relies heavily on my desktop Mac computer and iPhone for communication and sourcing of information. My service provider is Cable & Wireless. I...
View ArticleMinister Misick 'playing fool fi ketch wise'
Dear Editor, Can't you see that the minister of finance in the Turks and Caicos Islands is taking all of us for a fool? Back in my days in the countryside I used to hear my mother say some people were...
View ArticleAn appeal to Minister Bunting
Dear Editor, The brutal murder last week of police constable Crystal Thomas, who was assigned to the Denham Town Police Station in Kingston, has rightly shocked the entire country and the Jamaica...
View ArticleHang them! Things cannot continue the way they are
Dear Editor, On behalf of the justices of the peace in Manchester, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of all those who have been murdered recently. As a woman, I am...
View ArticleRemember the promise to the vendors?
Dear Editor, President Barrack Hussein Obama visited Jamaica over April 9-10, 2015. A massive clean-up and road repairs campaign was embarked upon by the National Works Agency (NWA), the Kingston and...
View ArticleDeal with the real issue, Commish
Dear Editor, The commissioner of police recently proposed that consideration be given to amending the Bail Act to provide bail for people who are arrested even before being charged. It is my...
View ArticleGov't must not be seen as cruel to JSPCA
Dear Editor, I've heard that the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) is euthanising animals in their care because the Government is evicting them from Winchester Road and...
View ArticleDayton Campbell has a point
Dear Editor, Kudos to the young MP from St Ann, Dr Dayton Campbell for raising an issue of national significance: the true role and function of the National Housing Trust (NHT). Too many ineligible...
View ArticleThe minister doth protest distastefully
Dear Editor, Politics can be a dirty affair, however, it is especially disheartening to see it operating in your country. As a patriotic Jamaican, I am insulted by the uncouth behaviour some of our...
View ArticleIs Jamaica suffering from the broken window theory?
Dear Editor, The broken window theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signalling effect of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and antisocial behaviour.The theory states...
View ArticleOur IMF squeeze
Dear Editor, In a letter dated July 14, 2015, five US Congressional members wrote to President Barack Obama asking that he urge the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "to provide the [Jamaican]...
View ArticleGive us the elections!
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter to the editor written by Robert Dalley in the Daily Observer of July 8, 2015, titled 'Local gov't elections should not be a political football'. As a citizen...
View ArticleHelp JSPCA find home, says vets
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) views with great concern the problems facing the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) with regards to its...
View ArticleTax the use of plastics
Dear Editor, Plastic bags are convenient and affordable, which makes their usage commonplace. Over one trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. The problem is they last in the environment...
View ArticleBring back paper bags
Dear Editor, Some 15 years ago, the paper bag was the container used in our supermarkets. To my memory, in those days our gullies were not as inundated with garbage pressure as they now are. And our...
View ArticleLet us see the faces!
Dear Editor, I heard on the news that the police are in high gear pursuing their 40 most wanted suspects. Who are these people? How can we, the law-abiding citizens, help to report the whereabouts of...
View ArticleA thankful heart
Dear Editor, In today's society there are times when it seems as if there is no love or appreciation for anyone or anything; I however would like to share my experience to the contrary. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleGallantry honour for Corporal Crystal Thomas
Dear Editor, I was shot on a public passenger vehicle while trying to stop a robbery just as Crystal Thomas was trying to do. I, on the other hand, was lucky to overcome my attackers and eventually...
View ArticleLet's deal with the root of crime
Dear Editor, The random killing of civilians and cops is enough to make any normal citizen feel weak. God help our country! Just last week a young female cop, Crystal Thomas, was shot and killed on a...
View ArticleDock MPs pay for absenteeism
Dear Editor, House Speaker Michael Peart, at the opening of last Tuesday's sitting of the House of Representatives, expressed to the less than full complement of parliamentarians present his...
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