One pride fits all!
Dear Editor, I was moved immensely with the symbolic gestures of solidarity shown recently by the US Embassy, Canadian High Commission, and French Embassy in Kingston as the LGBT community in Jamaica...
View ArticleHappy 54, Jamaica!
Dear Editor, On behalf of President Barack Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Jamaica as you celebrate the 54th anniversary of your nation’s Independence. The...
View ArticleUnity is our strength
Dear Editor, Happy 54th year of Independence to you, Jamaica. We should be duly proud of our accomplishments over these approximately five and half decades. Having said that, however, we must...
View ArticleBunting strategic, Blythe wasting time
Dear Editor, The decision by Peter Bunting not to challenge Portia Simpson Miller for the presidency of the party is an excellent and strategic one, thus waiting on Simpson Miller to make her exit...
View ArticleA Trump presidency will have far-reaching consequences
Dear Editor, The USA is undoubtedly an amazing country. For many emigrants across the world she embodies the hopes and aspiration of those in search of a better life. The American society, itself, has...
View ArticleCredible candidates are welcome in Portmore
Dear Editor, Now that the general election has passed, the governing Jamaica Labour Party will have to find a suitable time to call the long-awaited local government elections. Given that at the moment...
View ArticleJamaica honours 140, but unsung heroes missing
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Government, by practice, each year selects people from different sectors within the society to honour and recognise for their contribution to the growth and development of the...
View ArticleI find no pride in our anthem
Dear Editor, Perhaps now more than at any time of the year, our national anthem is being played all over the place whenever we celebrate our supposed Independence. Yet, even though I am told that I...
View ArticleWe can develop our own timeshare market
Dear Editor, Jamaica does not need Mexico’s help and partnership in establishing timeshares. This is a market that Jamaica and Jamaicans can control. Do you believe the Mexicans would have invited...
View ArticleBishop Edwards’ puerile and ludicrous comments
Dear Editor, The call to change the Jamaican coat of arms by Bishop Rowan Edwards is preposterous, absurd, and unwarranted in every respect, and is concomitantly a significant indictment on the...
View ArticleNo better week for Pride Week
Dear Editor, Imagine life where every day you had to choose between chopping off your left foot or your right hand. That’s what it is like being a Jamaican LGBT person. We live in a society that tells...
View ArticleGive the community youth a chance
Dear Editor, For the past three years I have noticed that the Trelawny Parish Council has been ‘playing’ its youth. I refer now specifically to the parish’s only marching band and the Independence...
View ArticleWill we see Trump replaced?
Dear Editor, There was a time when, as a boy, I didn’t eat pumpkin. Well, that was until pumpkin was the only thing that was available for dinner one evening. Crushed with butter, while still steaming...
View ArticleFairness in medical exemptions for athletes
Dear Editor, Jamaicans and sporting fans around the world have been spared the dismal prospect of the Rio Olympics without the participation of megastar Usain Bolt — thanks to the medical exemptions...
View ArticleWhat of the farm work programme, Shahine?
Dear Editor, The national farm work programme is usually managed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Based on my experience, over the years the application forms (Farm Work Cards) for those...
View ArticleStill proud of Alia Atkinson
Dear Editor, We need to recognise the magnitude of the competition Alia had to encounter in this white-dominated sport. It is quite heart-warming to see a black woman displaying such accomplishments in...
View ArticleDisappointment may be precursor to greatness
Dear Editor, To Alia Atkinson and to all our other athletes who may not have achieved all that they had set out to accomplish at Rio 2016, I’d like to acknowledge your disappointment, and express my...
View ArticleCutting off our nose...
Dear Editor, Chinese firm Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company Limited is about to invest $774 million in Alpart and will also set up an industrial complex. They are expected to employ 700 workers initially...
View ArticleCan we afford to cherry-pick investments?
Dear Editor, I want to ask the Jamaican people a question: Do we have the option of cherry-picking investments that come to our shores? Based on how some of us behave, you would get the feeling that...
View ArticleCall Jamaica to repentance
Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the church gathering once again in Half-Way-Tree to cry out to God to rescue our island from demonic spirits that come in the form of murder, rape, perversion, false...
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