Recognition for those who have served
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) is regarded as an illustrious political organisation which has played a pivotal role in unearthing individuals who have left us proud in the corridors of...
View ArticleWill St Elizabeth NE be the start of a political revolution in Jamaica?
Dear Editor, On February 25, 2016, the voters of St Elizabeth North Eastern will be going to the polls to choose from four candidates representing the People’s National Party (PNP), Jamaica Labour...
View ArticleWhat a ‘hell-ocracy’, indeed!
I wish to congratulate Mario Boothe who, as a young person, has said what so many Jamaicans are afraid to say in his piece ‘Why damn non-voters to hell-ocracy?’ Like him, I see no reason to participate...
View ArticleForget the rhetoric, JLP! Explain the plan!
Dear Editor, Recently, Andrew Holness released a 10-point plan to convince Jamaicans that he is the right man to lead the country. Although these plans are not spectacular, two are worth discussing. Of...
View ArticleJamaicans must demand better
Dear Editor, There are so many intellectuals running around in Jamaica and they are allowing a general election to take place without any debates. The reason for having a debate is to have a formal...
View ArticleEnough murdering!
Dear Editor, There are no words to describe how I felt after reading an online Observer article ‘Murdered Manchester couple were returning residents’. Only the demon-possessed or the mentally...
View ArticleDivine intervention or what?
Dear Editor, Have you noticed that with all the election cycles and all the rhetoric of our political leaders, nothing ever changes? There is debate about campaign financing, chastisement about...
View ArticleDon’t play politics with the debates!
Dear Editor, I note with grave concern recent reports that the People’s National Party (PNP) will not participate in national debates unless certain conditions are met. The PNP has sought to impose...
View ArticleThose Security Council hypocrites!
Dear Editor, While the latest missile test is being hailed as a success by North Korea, the United Nations Security Council has issued a statement condemning North Korea for its latest missile test....
View ArticleWelcome back, Madam PM
Dear Editor, I am relieved to know that my Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller is in the best of health and her voice is not damaged, as that was my thought for a few years now. Over the past few...
View ArticleDebate the hottest issue: Holness’s house
Dear Editor, As the election draws nigh, it seems the Jamaica Labour Party wants a debate, but doesn’t want to debate the hottest issue: Andrew Holness’s house. I understand the suspicion of ‘bad mind’...
View ArticlePNP only creating diversion with criticisms
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) has earned for itself the title of “masters of diversion”, as they are now seeking to erect a smokescreen in order to distract the public from keying into...
View ArticleThis isn’t a game of ‘last lick’, PM
Dear Editor, The decision by the governing People’s National Party (PNP) to stay away from the national debates is highly petty and borders on Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller behaving like a...
View ArticleClosed for business?
Dear Editor, I visited the Island Traffic Authority’s Swallowfield Examination Depot on Thursday, February 11, 2016 around 3:45 pm to find no one around. This, despite its signage indicating that the...
View ArticleDr Phillips heading down a dangerous path
Dear Editor, I have a simple question for Dr Peter Phillips: Is having an international business company registered overseas illegal? I am a businessman and I choose to arrange my business affairs by...
View ArticleCast your vote for the best choice
Dear Editor, Elections are in the air and it concerns me that a wide cross section of the society has been practising this misguided idea of staying away from the electoral process and not vote. In...
View ArticleProud of Andrew! Come to the front of the class, Peter and Portia?
Dear Editor, I am glad that I have a grandmother, on my mother’s side, that took to laying a strong financial foundation for my life. I see the same with Andrew Holness and his children. Holness has...
View ArticleUWI minds not providing unbiased explanation to common man
Dear Editor, Once again, economists at the University of the West Indies have remained timidly silent as the nation struggles to decide what to make of the various economic plans of both the Jamaica...
View ArticleFor another Bustamante
Dear Editor, In the 2015 Miss Universe Jamaica contest, the eventual winner made an “understandable” but messy reply to the question posed to her by the master of ceremonies about imagining being...
View ArticleJ’cans must rebuke the PNP’s ‘no debate’ stance
Dear Editor, So Andrew Holness has now supplied immense details regarding the source of funding for the construction of his family mansion, and as expected, the People’s National Party (PNP) have now...
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