Don’t disrespect Comrade Karl Blythe
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) has a proud reputation of being a democratic party adhering to tenets of democratic socialism and working unremittingly to uplift the poor and...
View ArticleDeterrent or not, use death penalty!
Dear Editor, The following is an open letter to Opposition spokesman on justice, Senator Mark Golding: Senator Golding, in seeking to justify your argument in the media against the death penalty, you...
View ArticleCorporate Jamaica disappointed my child
Dear Editor, Today I felt very defeated and at a loss for words when I saw my daughter cry; not because of a broken heart, but the agony of disappointment from corporate Jamaica was too much to bear...
View ArticleA Brexit based on emotions
Dear Editor, With respect to Great Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU), I bemoan the divorce it represents, as with any other divorce. On the other hand, I am in objection to any form of...
View ArticleTVJ needs to answer
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 an article published in The Gleaner, written by former secretary of the Kingston College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA) Basil Waite, raised some very important...
View ArticleLet Trump build (us) a bridge
Dear Editor, After the tragic loss of six lives in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine some people are asking for Donald Trump to build a bridge to replace Flat Bridge. Donald Trump can build...
View ArticleJ-FLAG should celebrate Emancipendence, not homosexuality
Dear Editor, I am deeply concerned about the plans the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians All Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) has for our upcoming national holidays. On Emancipation Day we reflect with great pride...
View ArticleNot losing any sleep over politicians’ net worth
Dear Editor, I don’t know about anybody else, but I lose about five seconds of sleep each night thinking about the financial affairs of our political leaders. Firstly, I don’t honestly think that,...
View ArticleTVJ invented Absalam
Dear Editor, Had it been Abraham instead of Abram, Sarah instead of Sarai, or Elijah instead of Elisha, there could have been cause. They existed, and it takes thought to put them in their proper...
View ArticlePraying is pointless!
Dear Editor, For some time now our country has been struggling with a worsening crime crisis, especially in the west. In addition to the numerous talk shops that have been created to deal with this...
View ArticleFinancial mediocrity
Dear Editor, Leader of the Opposition Portia Simpson Miller has finally released her financial records. According to these records she has liquid assets of approximately $15 million. A number of people...
View ArticleTime for new approach to end road carnage
Dear Editor, I am frightened by the continuous carnage on Jamaica’s roads and the reckless abandonment with which many motor vehicle operators use their vehicles. It is a forgone conclusion that, in...
View ArticleI met a hero
Dear Editor, I met a hero Sunday evening. He wore no superhero cape, just long shorts and a T-shirt. I learnt that he sold ackees as his day-to-day hustle. On this day, he had rescued a young boy — no...
View ArticleBe strong, Rev Miller
Dear Editor, During the episode about Christopher “Dudus” Coke a number of pastors met at a conference and the incident of “Dudus” and Al Miller came up as an informal discussion. Many of us were...
View ArticleBunting for leadership; certainly not Phillips
Dear Editor, Allow me the opportunity to express myself with regards to a Jamaica Observer column, which appeared on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, written by Robert Dalley. Having found the headline ‘Bunting...
View ArticleTravesty of justice against KC
Dear Editor, In a letter dated June 27, 2016, Televison Jamaica (TVJ) suspended Kingston College (KC) for two years from the School’s Challenge Quiz competition. The main reasons given were that...
View ArticleGet real! Reparation will never happen
Dear Editor, I saw a funny news item on local television recently. The new Government of Jamaica has reconstituted the cause for reparation in a new reparations council. During her presentation in...
View ArticleRe-engineer the man the Jamaican woman wants
Dear Editor, I write in support of a letter to editor by Noel Matherson, titled ‘We need to be resocialised’, published on Monday, July 25, 2016. We do seem to have a subculture of self-destructiveness...
View ArticleSlavery was more about business than race
Dear Editor, There is a thin line between facts and fiction, and the latter appears to contrive a narrow and rigid perspective of the slave trade, whereas the former is accepted by many based on their...
View ArticleKnowing when to ‘kibba’
Dear Editor, I thought — based on hazy, old memories from working in a courts office — that once a case is before the court and not finally disposed of it was sub judice (Latin sound of the second word...
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