Gender pay gap in context
Dear Editor, In several countries women continue to dominate attendance at universities. Here in Jamaica is no different. Jamaican females are doing so well that they account for 59 per cent of...
View ArticleDon’t turn gov’t inspectors away
Dear Editor, I know we are in the age of press freedom but crass ignorance should be exempt. The “concerned daughter”, as stated in her letter to the editor on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, rebuffed the...
View ArticleHolness’s disrespect of ‘East Rural’ citizens
Dear Editor, It was a parade of snobbery by candidate Juliet Holness to have hosted her constituency “welcoming or coming out” conference at Jamaica College and not within the constituency of St Andrew...
View ArticleYes and no, Mr Robert Montague!
Now and then we see a development, even if it is imperfect, that gives us reason to hope that a better day is in store for Jamaican politics. Yesterday, Mr Robert Montague, the chairman of the...
View ArticleLet’s offer our workforce to the world
Dear Editor, There is a renewed call for the government to find ways to assist school leavers, especially at the tertiary level, to find work. It is a fact that some of our graduates are finding it...
View ArticleWill Holness rein in Warmington?
Dear Editor, It’s customary for me to watch parliamentary proceedings, and Tuesday January 19, 2016 was no different. I am not going to say that I am bothered by the cross talk and the bantering that...
View ArticleThe hypocrisy of ‘Labourite’ supporters on social media
Dear Editor, So the health minister sends out a warning as it relates to pregnant women and the Zika virus, suddenly Labourites on social media are asking ‘what is going on in PNP (People’s National...
View ArticleNationalise gasolene industry — Enough is enough!
Dear Editor, It seems that every time there is a disagreement in the gasolene trade either the tanker drivers or the dealers resort to shutting down some aspect of the distribution arm of the industry...
View ArticleWarmington is too hot!
Dear Editor, I really don’t know if this Parliament is one of high expectations, but I for one have no confidence in, and will certainly not elect anyone who behaves like a lout. The fact is that a...
View ArticleEnough of Warmington, Mr Speaker
Dear Editor, I am a Jamaican who lives outside the country, but I follow events at home with a keen eye. I am aware that the House of Parliament is getting ready to debate the Sexual Harassment Act...
View ArticleGordon House needs a naughty
Dear Editor, It is with deep regret that I write to express my utmost repugnance at Member of Parliament Everald Warmington for again placing himself in the spotlight for yet another offence in just...
View ArticleBillboards can’t help St Andrew East Rural
Dear Editor, As election campaigning intensifies, one must pause to ask if erecting billboards all over a constituency can take it out of its deplorable state. The People’s National Party’s candidate...
View ArticleYes, God is real!
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to an online article that was published in the Jamaica Observer on January 19, 2016, titled ‘10 -y-o boy’s murder jolts Portland Cottage’. First, I would like to...
View ArticleMinister Dalley needs to intervene for the future of pharmacists
Dear Editor, The Pharmacy Council of Jamaica is shirking its duties, playing the blame game and, in the midst of it, messing with people’s lives. The council is trying to separate itself from the...
View ArticleShow evidence of biased counsellors
Dear Sirs, It is surprising that Minister Thwaites has seen it fit to meet with J-FLAG to discuss training of guidance counsellors. Based on my knowledge, guidance counsellors go through years of...
View ArticleSave us from the toll
Dear Editor, On January 1, 2016 the Toll Authority increased the toll charges for some categories of motor vehicles using the Portmore toll. For example, some motor vehicles’ toll charge used to be...
View ArticleA challenge to the DPP
Dear Editor, Over seven weeks ago I made public allegations of collusion and conspiracy against the principal legal office of the Government and both prosecutorial agencies of the State; that is, the...
View ArticleChris Gayle... again
Dear Editor, If I harboured any doubts in my mind about Chris Gayle’s lack of class, he certainly put them to rest with his tirade on social media a few days ago in which he invited “haters” to kiss a...
View ArticleIn defence of Warmington
Dear Editor, In the centuries since her death, Jezebel has acquired numerous references in popular culture, most of them not so flattering. However, in reality, Jezebel was a Phoenician princess in the...
View ArticleDestroy cynicism by strengthening the anti-ZIKV campaign
Dear Editor, If the Medical Association of Jamaica President Dr Myrton Smith is correct in his assertion that the message of the Ministry of Health’s anti-Zika virus public education campaign is being...
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