Why JC was chosen to host East Rural conference?
Dear Editor, As a Jamaica Labour Party delegate and worker in St Andrew East Rural over several years, I feel compelled to clear the air as to why the Jamaica College auditorium was selected as the...
View ArticleWe can’t afford Kingston’s rent costs
Dear Editor, I must say that I am in absolute agreement with Andrew King’s January 19, 2016 article ‘Affordable housing crisis for young professionals’. I would also go further to add that a great...
View ArticleJustice at what price?
Dear Editor, An Act to Amend the Jury Act was passed in the Senate on October 16, 2015 and passed in the House of Representatives on December 1, 2015. The governor general gave his assent on December...
View ArticleGood move, Holness!
Dear Editor, I have taken note of reports in the media that should the Jamaica Labour Party form the next government, Andrew Holness as prime minister will be making an unprecedented move in a bid to...
View ArticleObama’s record continues to impress
Dear Editor, Every time I hear President Barack Obama speak or give the State of the Union address, I am truly proud of him. We don’t see eye-to-eye on every issue, but overall, history will be kind to...
View ArticleWhere is your constituency office, Andrew Holness?
Dear Editor, First elected as a political neophyte in 1998, though inexcusable, it came as no surprise when Andrew Holness opened his first constituency office at 73 3/4 Hagley Park Road right smack in...
View ArticleWhat has St Andrew SW to show after 40 years of Portia?
Dear Editor, After some 43 years of involvement in representational politics in St Andrew South Western — 39 of which have been as member of parliament — Portia Simpson Miller has one of the most...
View ArticleParking ‘extortion’ at Burwood Beach
Dear Editor, My recent trip to the Burwood Beach in Falmouth, Trelawny, was disrupted less than a minute after I parked my car in the vacant lot that adjoins the recently upgraded facility. I am not...
View ArticleMinister Anthony Hylton: working, working, working
Dear Editor, Anthony Hylton is a failure? What fanatical rubbish! Minister Hylton’s quiet, behind-the-scenes style doesn’t do him well in taking praise for the successful contribution he and his...
View ArticleDamion Crawford, remember you’re still the MP!
Dear Editor, I note with interest the offer extended by Damion Crawford to give the Jamaica Labour Party candidate for St Andrew East Rural, Juliet Holness, advice about the constituency. In my view it...
View ArticleSome ‘good, good’ women/men in prostitution, legalise it!
Dear Editor, Which politician or Government in Jamaica will be brave enough to push for the legalisation/decriminalisation of prostitution, sometimes referred to as the oldest profession, allowing for...
View ArticlePortia and her ‘god’
Dear Editor, It is public knowledge that Prime Minister Simpson Miller, late last year, stated that she would announce the date for the general election whenever her master touched her. The most recent...
View ArticleGeorge Carter: A light gone
Dear Editor, The hallowed corridors and ground of the Little Theatre echo with the inspiring memories of George Carter, a son of Jamaica who gave light to and illuminated the talent of innumerable...
View ArticleOpposition silence on Warmington means consent
Dear Editor, I am deeply disturbed by the silence of all the Jamaica Labour Party female members of parliament and the Senate on the boorish behaviour of MP Everald Warmington from St Catherine South...
View ArticleGeorge Carter’s sterling dedication to J’can theatre
Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that I learnt of the passing of George Carter, director/producer of Jamaican theatre and theatre arts manager. Carter will be remembered for his sterling...
View ArticleJLP must stop looking desperate
Dear Editor, I don’t know if it is because the prime minister will soon give the date for the next general election, or if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is really bankrupt of ideas or if it is that it...
View ArticlePNP taking credit for JLP work!
Dear Editor, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips has been declared ‘Man of the Year’. No well-thinking Jamaican envies or begrudges him for that achievement. What we are more focused on are those more...
View ArticleA debate doesn’t have to be a war
Dear Editor, It is becoming more and more apparent that our prime minister has received the long-awaited touch from her “master”, therefore a general election draweth nigh, and so it is also the season...
View Article‘Bad gas’ issue must not just slink away!
Dear Editor, The bad fuel saga should open the eyes of all Jamaicans. The ongoing mess created in the lives of the motoring public with the introduction of bad fuel at the gas pumps in Jamaica must not...
View ArticleA damn(able) disgrace
Dear Editor,“Knowing what you know, would you appear in a court of law right now and say Jamaica’s airspace is safe, without fear of committing perjury?” That was the last question I put to two...
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