Media coverage imbalance
Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the Jamaica Observer team for the quality of coverage during and after the 2016 General Election. However, I offer my praise in a particular context. For the...
View ArticleHow will the JLP implement these promises?
Dear Editor, While, for the sake for the country, at least, we would all wish the best for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), now that it has returned to Government, I must admit that I am worrying. The...
View ArticleInteresting election results
Dear Editor, As an interested Jamaican overseas observer of the recent Jamaican general election, the results are quite fascinating. The results caught everyone off guard. I believe that even for...
View ArticleIt’s action time!
Dear Editor, The semantics of the English language was evident over the past three months of campaigning. Some said I will give you progress. Some said I will give you prosperity. Others said I will...
View ArticleThose Senate appointments...
Dear Editor, As prime minister-designate, Andrew Holness in preparing to form his Government, could appoint to the Senate some of the candidates who marginally lost their seats as a reward for their...
View ArticleYou hit a wrong note, Dennis Chung
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Dennis Chung: I refer to your column in the Jamaica Observer Sunday Finance on February 28, 2016, specifically your statement: “Similarly, if enough individuals...
View ArticleHolness’s message is ‘not business as usual’
Dear Editor, I note the comments made in the editorial of the Jamaica Observer, Tuesday March 1, which spoke to concerns over “missteps” of Messrs Andrew Holness and Audley Shaw in recent public...
View ArticleDecrease politics, increase governance
Dear Editor, Now that the election is over and a new Government is to be installed, I would like to point out some issues I have with our governance structure and how I think we could mitigate against...
View ArticleLet’s have the ‘bad gas’ report
Dear Editor, Between October last year and January 2016 contaminated petrol received at some gas stations affected thousands of motor vehicle owners causing them to spend thousands of dollars to effect...
View ArticlePolling vs hunch?
Dear Editor, Whether the social scientist called her task polling or forecasting, our recent general election results (so far) have been intellectually damaging to many (most?). One damage-mitigating...
View ArticleLower primary surplus target
Dear Editor, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has so far agreed to lower the budget primary surplus by 0.5 per cent from 7.5 per cent to seven per cent of GDP, releasing an extra $8 billion into...
View ArticleLeadership wins… ultimately
Dear Editor, I have long been a believer in the currency of co-operation, but equally the exercise of good leadership, which often ruffles a few feathers, but secures the greater good. Imagine then my...
View ArticleCan he hold it together?
Dear Editor, The election is over and all the votes are counted, except for one seat that is going to a magisterial recount. It will be 33-30 or 32-31; either way it was a close finish. The election...
View ArticleTime come!
Dear Editor, Unfortunately we have had a sprinter as head of government for the last four years, why not try an architect? By the way, when last have you seen Germany’s leader Angela Merkel or...
View ArticleMake our democracy work, Andrew
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to new Prime Minister Andrew Holness: Congratulations are in order, but now there is much work to be done. I trust that by the time the new prime minister reads this...
View ArticlePortia’s role in the loss and for the future
Dear Editor, Portia Simpson Miller and the People’s National Party (PNP) should realise that debates are an integral part of the electoral and political process, especially during an election season....
View ArticleKudos for Ms Phillips, Zip mail
Dear Editor, I would like to commend and thank Ms Phillips of the Cross Roads Post Office for her selfless professionalism in doing her job in a dignified way. My friend posted two packages to the...
View ArticleTwo wrong moves
Dear Editor, The people of Jamaica voted in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government with much expectation. Chief of which is the $18,000 income tax relief. I recall that the people of Toronto also...
View ArticleFailure on both sides
Dear Editor, Our general election is now behind us and, as a consequence, a new Government has been formed. In my opinion, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) — which now forms the Government — was...
View ArticleCan the young Turks make it?
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) have been in office for 22 of the past 27 years, only interrupted in 2007, and have shown a strong and united front in both the constant victories and the...
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