Grace Virtue is correct on health reporting bias
Dear Editor, Sir, Your columnist Grace Virtue penned a refreshingly thought-provoking piece in the Tuesday, September 8, 2015 edition of the Observer, titled 'Is Journalism dead?', covering the recent...
View ArticleSchaefer' blind spot
Dear Editor, Coach Winfried Schaefer has done a good job piloting Jamaica through Copa America and to the finals of the Gold Cup. But he has a blind spot which, hopefully, will not sink Jamaica's World...
View ArticleShows cost-benefit trade-off of Chinese deals
Dear Editor, Jamaicans have a right to demand a full disclosure of the project appraisal outlining the cost and benefits of all major infrastructure projects. We will need a "Congressional styled"...
View ArticleAthletes' misuse of Jamaican Flag
Dear Editor, I continue to be concerned at what I consider to be an abuse and misuse of one of our primary symbols of nationality, the Jamaican National Flag, especially by our athletes attending...
View ArticleReject Chuck's classist cleansing
Dear Editor, Sometimes I cannot help but wonder if the Jamaica Labour Party is a party for weird ideas. A few months ago, one of its senators called for limits to be placed on the number of children...
View ArticleMoney answers all
Dear Editor, The recent spate of attempted robberies and extortions, and even suicides, by some of our police officers, has left me in a quandary. On one hand, each man is responsible for his own soul,...
View ArticleUSF mandate can be expanded from political tool
Dear Editor, Improving access to information and communication technologies is crucial for growth in a modern economy. It was on this premise that the Universal Service Fund (USF) was established 10...
View Article33 Princess Street to be once again acknowledged
Dear Editor, We refer to the lead story on the front page of your publication of Monday, September 7, 2015 in which reference was drawn to premises at 33 Princess Street, downtown Kingston, where Simón...
View ArticleTribute to fairness?
The foreign service officials wish to pay tribute to P Chin, in whose hands they had the confidence to place the analysis and the public delivery of a judgement concerning the assistance rendered by...
View ArticlePut CCJ vote to the people at next election
I read with interest the views of Grant Shapps, the British minister with responsibility for the Caribbean, regarding the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), replacing the Privy Council, and Jamaica...
View ArticleStony Hill police sending right signal
In recent times we have seen a number of reports on incidents of bad behaviour of individual police personnel which have reflected negatively on the Jamaica Constabulary Force. This, understandably,...
View ArticleGet ready?
We have been advised by the Government that we should "get ready, till our lamps", politically. What do those comments mean? Will the purchasing power of our dollar improve? Does it mean that we will...
View ArticleLet voters think for themselves
Dear Editor, Is it not surprising that Minister of Justice Senator Mark Golding finds it so necessary to champion the suggestion of his private sector colleagues that 'failure to vote for the People's...
View ArticleKim Davis and US law
The issues surrounding Kim Davis's refusal to comply with the order from the US Supreme Court that she facilitate the preparation of marriage certificates for same-sex couples bring into stark...
View ArticleKim Davis is a hero
Dear Editor, The usually balanced Rev Raulston Nembhard used the Jesus' reference for obedience to the State, "Render unto Caesar" to argue that the state clerk, Kim Davis, in Kentucky was wrong in her...
View ArticleBack-to-school blues
Dear Editor, It is that time of the year again when schools reopen for the new academic year. It is the time of the year when all the educational headaches are felt by school administrators from basic...
View ArticleNo referendum on CCJ, Observer
Dear Editor, We note that the Observer continues with the referendum mantra in relation to our acceding to the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This kind of wisdom that...
View ArticleBarbados will pay Myrie's lawyers when it can
Dear Editor, We note that no sooner than the date for the Senate Debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Bills has been announced, the Observer renews its campaign for a negative vote. In this...
View ArticleBlame the NWC if you lose election, Madam PM
Dear Editor, The National Water Commission (NWC) has got to be the worst utility company in the world. They start a project and hardly ever complete it properly, or complete it whenever they are ready....
View ArticleMoney without manners
Dear Editor, Thanks to Ms Pearson for publicising the uncouth and obnoxious behaviour of her "middle-aged" neighbour in yesterday's edition of the Daily Observer (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)....
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