Do not bring GM mosquitoes to Jamaica
Dear Editor, Genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes would be good if they were all males. The problem we have is that 0.3 per cent (as stated by the manufacturers Oxitec) are females. Included in the...
View ArticleExecutive agencies only have advisors
Dear Editor, I have been puzzled by certain pronouncements in the press referencing the chairmen of executive agencies within the public sector. The Executive Agencies Act 2002 and its companion...
View ArticleA fresh approach badly needed
Dear Editor, So murders are up in seven parishes, especially in St James (no surprise), St Ann, St Mary, Trelawny and (also no surprise) Clarendon. Nationally, however, homicides are down, carried by...
View ArticleDo not neglect the people’s language, PM
Dear Editor, In speaking to Parliament on his return from the 7th summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Prime Minister Andrew Holness told the lawmakers that, “Jamaica will have to take...
View ArticleDon Anderson clarifies St Lucia poll
Dear Editor, I have noted the article in June 8, 2016 edition of the Jamaica Observer titled ‘Don Anderson misses in St. Lucia’, making reference to a poll conducted by me there prior to the June 6...
View ArticleCrime in the west
Dear Editor, For some months now, I have heard the hierarchy of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) stating that more police officers will be and have been deployed to the troubled parishes, such as...
View ArticleThe face of crime
Dear Editor, It is becoming clearer and clearer by the day that this “crime wave” is assuming the face of a tsunami that will consume us all. It is bigger than the police, it is bigger than the army,...
View ArticleHolness’s call for Spanish is unworkable
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Andrew Holness seems to make utterances without checking or consulting with those knowledgeable or educated. His call to make Spanish a second language sounds idiotic. For...
View ArticleNo toll increase at this time
Dear Editor, The National Consumers League does not support any increase in toll road rates at this time. If increases are granted every year where will rates be in another five years? It is difficult...
View ArticleQuestions for economic experts
Dear Editor,“…the denial of access to product markets is often among the deprivations from which many small cultivators and struggling producers suffer under traditional arrangements and restrictions....
View ArticleDemocratising the renewables in Jamaica
Dear Editor, I have been following your columnist David Cooke’s ideas on renewable energy proliferation and policies in Jamaica and thinking of who has the experience and expertise to bring off what he...
View ArticleStrengthen fight against ‘farm terrorists’
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is calling for stronger measures to be implemented quickly against “farm terrorists” in light of the stealing of 100 pigs from farmers in St...
View ArticleIs water really life?
Dear Editor, The National Water Commission (NWC) has a slogan that indicates that they are of the opinion that “water is life”, and I guess to those of us fortunate to have that commodity provided by...
View ArticleCarter, no problem
Dear Editor, It remains a mystery to me why we are still expressing angst about Nesta Carter’s reported positive 2008 B sample vis-à-vis our gold medals won then. This is a non-issue comparable to...
View ArticleIntolerance just doesn’t work
Dear Editor, I have been on the road and have passed quite a number of people on the streets talking about the shooting at that club in Florida over the weekend. Living in Jamaica, it is not very...
View ArticleCurfews worsen tension between youth and police
Dear Editor, I have noted with some concern the reports in the media on the imposition by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of what can be referred to as ‘juvenile curfews’ (imposed on youth in...
View ArticleImitation or implementation Government?
Dear Editor, Is this Government an imitation or an implementation Government? All their plans and policies seem to be those of the former Government, except for placing a number of ministries in the...
View ArticleDignity for the dead in Darliston
Dear Editor, This is to draw attention to the appalling condition of the Darliston, Westmoreland, cemetery. The cemetery is in a terribly poor state. This land was designated for the members of the...
View ArticleJUGC condemns Orlando massacre
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches (JUGC) condemns the recent deadly attack on citizens of Orlando, Florida, that has left some 50 families, the USA, and others across the globe in...
View ArticleMalahoo holding down the ‘Forte’
Dear Editor, I write in response to the commentary regarding a social media post made by Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte denouncing the decision of the United States Embassy in Kingston to fly a...
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