Support for a breach: We're in a sad place
Dear Editor, How obscured can our ethics be? Recently a policeman visited the scene of an entertainment event to curtail a breach of the Noise Abatement Act, but, instead, facilitated the continuation...
View ArticleWhy bother with the CCJ then?
Dear Editor, Though I had some serious issues with our Caricom countries going ahead with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), I do support the idea of the need for us in the region, at most, to have...
View ArticleUnimpressed, irrelevant!
Dear Editor, Our dear prime minister is losing her touch and by extension the people. While there is incredible sympathy for "Sista P" as a woman, and among those who identify with "one leaders", the...
View ArticleCivil societies debate, not fight
Dear Editor, This letter is inspired by a Jamaica Observer news report with the headline 'A lot of murders result from people unable to debate issues'. It makes perfect sense, because even in the...
View ArticlePut inmates to work
Dear Editor, I think the relevant authority should do a survey in the prison system and the inmates, both male and female, to identify the ones that are skilled and trades people and to come up with...
View ArticleJa's success is more than IMF
Dear Editor, I recall when Jamaica first entered into an arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a few years ago. I figured we would have been good for the first couple of tests and no...
View ArticlePrickly, prickly affairs
There is something that pricks me the wrong way at Prickly Pole Primary School. The school board chairman is a PNP councillor who opposes the PNP Member of Parliament, Lisa Hanna, who happens to be...
View ArticleThe turning of the tide
Dear Editor, What do D K Duncan, Christopher Tufton, Lloyd B Smith, Sharon Hay-Webster, and Raymond Pryce have in common? All are high-profile names and popular personalities who have been defeated,...
View ArticleLet's truly 'Get the guns'!
Dear Editor, Let's take a note of this "Get the guns" campaign. Sounds very commanding and sincere, eh? We have heard lots of talk about tackling crime and violence, but seldomly have we heard any...
View ArticleIf these people are the delegates...
Dear Editor, On Thursday, September 24, 2015 I had the benefit of hearing a programme on Nationwide Radio with Cliff Hughes interviewing three anonymous people who participated in a demonstration in...
View ArticleNo 'DJ Squaddie' excuse
Dear Editor, What transpired with Constable Lindon Black, now affectionately called DJ Squaddie, is quite remarkable, perhaps because of how innocuous and peculiar his actions at the "scene of the...
View ArticleIf we're going to talk about voter apathy
Dear Editor, Dorothy Pine-McLarty, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), was seen on television on Thursday, September 24, 2015 bemoaning the unacceptably high level of voter apathy...
View ArticlePolitical campaigning is a waste of time!
Dear Editor, Do we really need to have political campaigns that seem to go on forever all over the island during election time? First, let's look at the cost. This entails transporting large crowds to...
View ArticleSigns do not necessarily predict the end of the world
Dear Editor, The concept of "the end of the world" has littered the thoughts of many individuals and social media in recent times. The biblical annals, in many instances, speak about signs and wonders...
View ArticleIf only we were overflowing with gays
Dear Editor, I found the march of some of our churches over the weekend very interesting, as I am yet to understand why it is that our churches are so immersed in the business of the private sexual...
View ArticleAll politics is not local; think big picture
Dear Editor, There has been a lot of discussion in the media and across Jamaica since the prime minister started to proclaim that she is "ready". I now see every night on local news the herds of green...
View ArticleMake constituency offices neutral
Dear Editor, While issues of governance, democracy, and the less than perfect political system are at the forefront in this season possibly heading to elections, it is an ideal time to express concern...
View ArticleWhy exclude the press?
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the British High Commissioner, David Fitton: The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) writes to express our extreme disappointment at the failure to include any...
View ArticleWithout slavery, there would never be a Jamaica
Dear Editor, Now that the British prime minister has decided to visit Jamaica, the reparations movement sees an opportunity to 'milk' him into, one, apologising for slavery; and, two, writing a cheque....
View ArticleShout-out to the dinosaurs!
Dear Editor, We hear repeatedly that it's high time we get rid of the dinosaurs in Parliament. But if the vacuous responses of the youth wings of both the People's National Party and Jamaica Labour...
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