Refund me my taxes...in a real sense
Dear Editor, I was born a premature baby, seven months old, and I have never really had any complications attributed to preemies. If members of this Government do not regard me as a baby, in a real...
View ArticleSeize the bikes!
Dear Editor, I can't mind my own business. I hear Dr Lucien Jones and others talk and talk and talk about the carnage on the roads. I am coming from the bedside of someone lying unconscious in a ward...
View ArticleThe women are watching, Minister Dalley
Dear Editor, The following is an open letter to Minister of Health Horace Dalley: The Women's Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) has noted your approach and statement of commitment to address the...
View ArticleThose who served well during 2015, or not...
Dear Editor, It is probably not too early to start making recommendations in respect of those deserving of awards or recognition of those who have excelled in areas of public life in 2015. In addition,...
View ArticleNo, Flow, I can't wait!
Dear Editor, No, Mr Garry Sinclair, I cannot wait until March to have my issues with your network sorted out. That is preposterous, what should I do until then? I've been experiencing numerous dropped...
View ArticlePortia starring in her own series
Dear Editor, There used to be a successful television series named Touched by an Angel starring Roma Downey, Della Reese and John Dye. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller might be starring in her own...
View ArticleWill the drug costs be out of reach?
Dear Editor, I am deeply concerned about the merger between world leading pharmaceutical firms Pfizer Inc and Allergan PLC, which could result in drug prices being heightened here in Jamaica. For...
View ArticlePNP costing us in every way!
Dear Editor, Once again political expediency on the part of the People's National Party has come at a huge cost to the taxpayers of this country. Contrary to what Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller...
View ArticleAn election was never called, so how can it be postponed?
Dear Editor, The incorrect speculation by many, including parts of the media and the Opposition, has now led to their 'corrective' comment that "the elections have been postponed". How can one postpone...
View ArticleAll we can boast about is obeying the IMF
Dear Editor, Some people are singing the praises of Dr Peter Phillips for passing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tests, but my question is how did we get there in the first place? The People's...
View ArticleHolness needs a new 'man-a-yard'
Dear Editor, Dr Peter Phillips' tenure as Jamaica's minister of finance has come under very harsh criticism from the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness and his spokesperson on finance Audley Shaw....
View ArticleSafe roads this holiday season
As the festive season approaches,xh so does the usual merriment and the associated myriad social events. Increased traffic on the roads will be the order of the day. While we travel to and from our...
View ArticleThe despicable abortion tussle
The truth, which incensed the lone gunman who attacked the abortion-aiding Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado, USA, close to the end of November 2015, is the same truth which the female clients of...
View ArticleThe Opposition's IMF talk may come to haunt them
Dear Editor, The impression has been given that the People's National Party (PNP) has benefitted from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) doing things to ensure they continue in power. But nothing...
View ArticleJa needs a day of thanksgiving
Dear Editor, It was Thanksgiving Day in the US on November 26, 2015. Isn't it wonderful that a nation takes a special day to give thanks to the God of mercy and pardon, the God of peace and love, the...
View ArticleThe facts blame the PNP
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to the editor by Stephen Harrison and wish to point our that it is inaccurate to say that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and People's National Party (PNP) have been...
View ArticleCriminalisation of the Jamaican people
Dear Editor, This Government, having caused the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar with its ineptitude in all matters relating to governance, has embarked on a programme to criminalise its citizens by...
View ArticleShaw taking it too far
Dear Editor, The business of politicising certain actions or decisions of a Government -- by an opposing party -- that seemingly goes adversely against the people is primarily to raise awareness...
View ArticleNo time for violence
Dear Editor, Whilst investigations are still ongoing on the killings in Newlands, St Catherine, we as a nation and a people simply cannot allow ourselves to return to the days when we couldn't say out...
View ArticleYouth ignorant of our heritage
Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I witnessed the ignorance and indifference of our nation's children about matters of historical importance. This was most evident during the period reserved...
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