Revamp the health sector
Dear Editor, As a stakeholder of this country, I am saddened by the deteriorating public health-care system, especially in light of manifest incompetence and poor ministerial performance. The health...
View ArticleGo wrap yourselves in the Union Jack
Dear Editor, It seems that everything in Jamaica is referred to in partisan political terms. The question "What's the real rush in abandoning the Privy Council?" should not be asked at this time. There...
View ArticleNo room for red herring on crime
Dear Editor, I fail to see why any well-thinking Jamaican would take issue with the Opposition leader highlighting the Government's failures in addressing the unrelenting spike in murders, and alerting...
View ArticleHolness cannot sway the uncommitted that way
Dear Editor, I notice that the leader of the Opposition and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness, is trying very hard to convince us uncommitted voters to come off the fence and vote for his...
View ArticleLive your goals, female 'ballaz'
Dear Editor, Growing up, I was told that football is a man's sport. I was told that women or girls who played football were considered 'tom boys' -- a term used to describe a female who does things a...
View Article3 months for stealing toothpaste?
Dear Editor, I was certainly taken aback by a report in the Observer this week which stated that a man was given a three-month prison sentence by Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey for stealing a tube of...
View ArticleJamaica is neither PNP nor JLP country
Dear Editor, It must be obvious to both political parties by now that the selection of candidates for constituencies should be inclusive of the constituents. I would love to see those putting...
View ArticlePlaying politics with crime problem
Dear Editor, I refer to the media release by the People's National Party (PNP) and the subsequent statement in Parliament on Tuesday by National Security Minister Peter Bunting, effectively chiding the...
View ArticleClarifying free zone talk
Dear Editor, Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) wishes to explain the process involved in the treatment of cargo in the context of international free zones and logistics hubs. There have been widespread...
View ArticleChallenging authority and faith
Dear Editor, Authority figures once asked of Jesus by what authority He did the things He did. The reason for them asking is perhaps the same reason that the Opposition senators chose to boycott Senate...
View Article'Hand-me-down' Fenton
Dear Editor, When inefficient or ineffective workers cause a company to lose money, reputation, and risk its very existence, it is time to make serious judgement calls. Merely shunting failing...
View ArticleChickens coming home to roost
Dear Editor, One would have to be living under a rock to not readily recognise that apart from securing robust economic growth, the scourge of crime has been Jamaica's biggest problem over the past 25...
View ArticleWhat of Goat Islands in PBPA?
It has been over a year since the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) granted China Harbour Engineering Company the beach licence to conduct geotechnical surveys on and around the Goat...
View ArticleSoap opera and 'tracing' masquerading as politics
Dear Editor, All we have seen from the ensuing election campaigns is nothing but empty promises and scandals. Ever since the hinting of early elections by the prime minister, there has been no serious...
View ArticleFree is expensive, so restore the fees
Dear Editor, I wonder if those who were calling for the health minister, among others, to be fired or the prime minister to make a statement about the situation that was supposedly revealed in that...
View ArticleJMA still dissatisfied with PM's action
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) notes that, despite the repeated calls for accountability in the death of 19 babies from an outbreak of two bacterial infections, the...
View Article#JamaicanYouthsLifeMatter!
Dear Editor, My name is Nicole Nation. I turned 23 years old less than a month ago. Shanique Walters was only 22 years old. I am in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies...
View ArticleShame on you, Holness
Dear Editor I am at pains to ask whether the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness will do or say anything in an effort to get into Jamaica House. When it's not the plan to abolish auxiliary fees,...
View ArticleToo much is happening, Dr Williams
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams: Last week, as usual, I was working late at my office when a young lady in great distress came running in. She had been...
View ArticleRaise the election convo; deal with the issues
Dear Editor, As both major political parties make their way across the island, it has become unquestionably real that the election season is here. Like all other campaigns in our history, these...
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