Victor Edwards -- A tribute
Dear Editor, I would like to add my tribute at the passing of a great headmaster and educator, Victor Edwards, formerly of Cornwall College and St Jago High School. I had the chance to work with him as...
View ArticleThe crime and abortion link
Dear Editor, Crime is Jamaica's national challenge. What can we learn from other countries that successfully faced this challenge? Data indicate that crime in the United States of America started to...
View ArticleNo glory in poverty
Dear Editor, The recent political ranting and raving by officials of the the People's National Party (PNP) about the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness's house leaves much to be desired. The PNP...
View ArticleI dream of a new Jamaica
Dear Editor, Recently, I overheard a conversation of a diehard People National Party adherent who vehemently stated that he will not vote at all because his party is not playing its role; and he...
View ArticlePeg it!
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Finance Minister Peter Phillips: With all due respect Minister, the Jamaican people do not need another bureaucracy to stabilise the Jamaican dollar. Just peg the...
View ArticleClear and discernible political expediency
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will have us believe that her decision to postpone the general election was borne out of concern for the over 37,000 newly enumerated people. Really?...
View ArticleThe cost of singing
Dear Editor, The current Television Jamaica programme All Together Sing is just another flimflam to use students to generate revenue for the major sponsors. It has very little to with talent and...
View ArticleStop this MP-Caretaker foolishness
Dear Editor, Recently, I have been noticing a new self-aggrandising political term called "MP caretaker or caretaker MP." As far as I am concerned, the joining of the names of the two positions is...
View ArticleCan we trust our police with the DNA legislation?
Dear Editor, It is noted that the DNA Evidence Act has recently been passed by the House of Representatives. Since then, I have had the opportunity to read the 74-page document, which I found well...
View ArticleDo the honourable thing!
Dear Editor, With the continued furore about the disastrous state of the public health sector and its terrible politicisation and mismanagement by former Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson and the...
View ArticleWhere do I go to get my reputation back?
Dear Editor, I must ask: Where do I go to get my reputation back when it appears that three powerful institutions of the State — the Attorney General's Department, the Office of the Director of Public...
View ArticleDon't let them drive off with Customs money
Dear Editor, I write to offer unsolicited advice to the minister of finance, to help save the country some tax revenue. A general election is constitutionally due by December 2016 and, based on...
View ArticleNot enough ram goat, so no election
Dear Editor, Our prime minister told us that she was waiting for the master to tell her when to call the election, or words to that effect. I think the truth of the matter is her decision to not call...
View ArticleJLP was 'sold a dummy'
Dear Editor, A popular term used in football matches when a wily forward sends the opposing defender the wrong way is "being sold a dummy", and that is exactly what the People's National Party (PNP)...
View ArticleReggae Boyz World Cup dream attainable, but...
Dear Editor, Given Jamaica's shaky start to the CONCACAF semi-final round of World Cup qualifiers, coupled with some off-the-field issues, I nevertheless remain optimistic -- despite some detractors --...
View ArticlePeter's box
Dr Peter Phillips has now opened the proverbial Pandora's box by requesting the public declaration of assets by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness. That mansion on the hill has attracted so much...
View ArticleHouse talk not only 'bad mind'
The average Jamaican has existed as a part of the 'under-class', but changes in access and opportunities at the policy level have made a significant difference in our history. We seem to again be at a...
View ArticleGood move private sector/civil society
It is always a positive sign when civil society and private sector leadership take an active interest in the governance of our country and matters pertinent to its development. The appeal made by the...
View ArticleDiaspora glad no Christmas election
Permit me space in the Observer to thank Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller for exercising restraint regarding not calling an election, especially during the month of December, a traditionally...
View ArticleWe're confident in Donna Parchment
Dear Editor, Women in Partnership for Development and Empowerment welcomes the appointment of Donna Parchment as Jamaica's new political ombudsman. She has been a pioneer in bringing dispute resolution...
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