ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Is Zika virus a microcephaly scapegoat?
Dear Editor, It can’t be a coincidence that Brazil is the only Zika-carrying mosquito country that released GMO mosquitoes and administer a vaccine (whooping cough vaccine TDAP) to pregnant women then...
View ArticleLoose talk!
Dear Editor, I have long maintained that Jamaicans need to seriously scrutinise those whom they elect as councillors to represent them. I am convinced that it should not be any person who is simply...
View ArticleAnother PNP landslide expected
Dear Editor, I’ve only voted for the People’s National Party (PNP) once, but one has to be reasonable and rational in elections. Last election, pollsters predicted a close call, with no one party...
View ArticleQuestions remain unanswered
Dear Editor, Generation 2000 (G2K) notes the curious response from Minister of Transport & Works Dr Omar Davies. We have not seen the report from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) yet, if...
View ArticleSpeed under too much wraps
Dear Editor, I wish to join Senator Arthur Williams’ call for a revision of the speed limit regime that is in force on our roads. In my opinion, in many instances, the existing speed limit is nothing...
View ArticleStudy not polluted, the air is!
Dear Editor, I have read concerns by Dr Colette Cunningham-Myrie, of the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, in the...
View ArticleGive us a reason to vote, Holness
Dear Editor, I see the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness lamenting why those of us who don’t plan to vote should stop being so indifferent to the pending election. Holness...
View ArticleJLP for prosperity!
Dear Editor, It is evident that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is the better manager of Jamaica’s affairs. The JLP can transform Jamaica from poverty to prosperity. The very same day JLP wins, is the...
View ArticleEastern champs cancellation must be reversed
Dear Editor, The news that the Eastern Championships for track and field has been cancelled is disheartening. What this means is, about 25 schools will miss an opportunity to compete against each other...
View ArticleA kook for president?
It’s frightening, but possible: America could soon have a kook for president; for the society is so politically correct and so dependent that Senator Bernie Sanders could be elected president. That he...
View ArticleNCU can’t cast stones
Dear Editor, As a past student of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) and a practising Seventh-day Adventist (SDA), I am disillusioned with both organisations’ stance on comments made by one of our...
View ArticleKilling in the name of ZIKV
Dear Editor, The recent outbreak of the Zika virus is a valid reason for concern on several fronts. Our responses to the virus and its possible outcomes must be based on consideration for all the...
View ArticleMama InAction!
Dear Editor, In a grand spectacle put on by the ruling People’s National Party on Sunday, party President Portia Simpson Miller claimed to be “Mama in action” (MIA). This was in a clear attempt to...
View ArticleWe must protect our beaches!
Dear Editor, There have been several media reports concerning the removal of vast quantities of sand from certain sections of the Negril beach area and it being transported to the Ocho Rios area by...
View ArticleLee-Chin’s call makes good cents!
Dear Editor, Very rarely do we find individuals showing deep regard for their neighbours, especially in pursuit of their own personal agenda. Their goals may take them away from their own environment...
View ArticleCaricom failing Haiti
Dear Editor, This January marked five years since the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti. This year also marks one for the transition of power through a general election. Unfortunately, the rubble is...
View ArticleAdventist pastor’s wrong was not his attendance at rally
Dear Editor, Since people still have this issue of Northern Caribbean University church pastor, Dr Michael Harvey, misconstrued, for whatever reasons, let me try and make it a bit clearer. The Jamaican...
View ArticleYoung must organise themselves to be taken seriously
Dear Editor, A general election will be held soon and many commentators are bemoaning the apathetic nature of the younger generation. The argument is that young people are not interested in politics...
View ArticleHigh hopes for Crawford and Pryce
Dear Editor, Quite regrettably, as we prepare to say goodbye, at least for now, to two of the sharpest members of parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives for the past four years, Damion...
View ArticleGhosts of 1980 glad for short election campaign
Dear Editor, Prime Minister the Portia Simpson Miller knows more than anyone else in the People’s National Party (PNP) the negative effects of a long election campaign. The year 1980 was a prime...
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