Can we trust this Government?
Dear Editor, Several developments have taken place in recent times that have caused a lot of people, like me, to have less confidence in the truthfulness of some of the things the Government has been...
View ArticleWe want the truth on the health crisis!
Dear Editor, My conscience is under severe stress. I am a professional employed to the Ministry of Health. As a person who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, I was moved to let the world know the truth...
View ArticleDamion Crawford still hasn't learnt
Dear Editor, I live in Harbour View, which is a part of People's National Party (PNP) golden boy Damion Crawford's constituency; but I don't check for either the orange or green lemonade. I am an...
View ArticleWhy should the police 'protect and serve' on $204?
The murder of a young woman constable, gunned down by heartless criminals on a bus, another young constable mowed down by a motorcyclist while conducting a routine traffic stop in Westmoreland. These...
View ArticleIs Pryce a 'king' or 'jester'?
Dear Editor, I am truly confused as to whether or not Raymond Pryce is a "king" or a "jester". The reason for this remark comes from my surprise that he was on television recently doing what he...
View ArticleFenton missing the point
Dear Editor, Health Minister Fenton Ferguson seems to be a shameless egomaniac. He fails to realise that the 18 dead babies is not the only reason Jamaicans want him to step down. This is just the...
View ArticleJCC thoughts not 'mature'
Dear Editor, The reason put forward by Rev Harriott of the Jamaica Council of Churches in support of the Caribbean Court of Justice cannot only be that it shows maturity. You sound like child wanting...
View ArticlePrivate letters always shackle Opposition senators
Dear Editor, We suppose that Horace Chang and the JLP Senators are at liberty to make accusations against the leader of government business even when the facts do not support such accusations. What is...
View ArticlePoliticians didn't cause the infections
Dear Editor, The health ministry has disclosed that 18 babies have died due to an infection at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew and the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James. It...
View ArticleWhere is the UHWI management?
Dear Editor, In light of the recent and unfortunate loss of infant lives and subsequent calls for the axing of the Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson, I have only one question, where is the...
View ArticleOrder a coroner's inquest into the babies' deaths
Dear Editor, I would like to express sincere condolence to the parents of the 18 babies who died as a result of the klebsiella and serratia outbreak at the University and the Cornwall Regional...
View ArticleTek sleep mark death, Holness
Dear Editor, Mindful of his less than convincing victory in last general election polls, embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness toured his St Andrew South Western constituency on...
View ArticleThe Nicholls' story makes the 18 real
Dear Editor, Thank you, Jamaica Observer. It is better to listen to and read from real people like Sam Nicholls and his wife, with real stories of their experience, than those politicians, organisation...
View ArticleBuild hospital for the former 'king'
Dear Editor, Life never ceases to throw ironies at us. There is a picture on page 35 of F A Hoyos's book Barbados Comes of Age of Sir Grantley Adams of Barbados, Vere Bird of Antigua, and other...
View ArticleOh, for better leadership in Trelawny
Dear Editor, The parish of Trelawny has outgrown the capacity of its political representatives. My reason for coming to such a dramatic conclusion is that this great parish is sitting on an investment...
View ArticleNo apology needed, PJ
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to former Prime Minister P J Patterson: This is to express the view that, while I can offer to applaud some aspects of P J Patterson's clarification statement in...
View ArticleWestwood could make a gesture
Dear Editor, Reverend William Menzie Webb was not only a very senior member of the Baptist clergy, but was also the founder of the Westwood High School for Girls, or as described then, young Jamaican...
View ArticleElection time again
Dear Editor: With just over one year remaining in the People's National Party (PNP) 'reign', get ready for the obvious changes that will occur. The political parties will present their manifestos...
View ArticleAJ's brilliant own goal
Dear Editor, Since the People's National Party (PNP) has only two chances of ever again achieving a two-thirds majority in a general election in our lifetime, the governing party is in danger of...
View Article'Easy yuhself,' AJ
Dear Editor, One of the fundamental rights of a free people must be the right to self-expression. This is a right that I have come to appreciate more and more since becoming a resident of these United...
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