Job quality very important
Dear Editor, The PNP, led by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, as one of its first-year achievements listed the perceived impact of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) at about 15,000...
View ArticleRed mud research a breath of fresh air
Dear Editor, Alicia Dunkley's article on the front page of the Daily Observer of Wednesday, January 16, 2013 entitled 'Big $$$ in red mud: Jamaica could earn billions from Japanese firm's research...
View ArticleSampling of Lance Armstrong's doping denials
Before his abrupt U-turn in an interview this week with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong had, many times and in many forums, consistently denied that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Here is a sample...
View ArticleJustice delayed is justice denied
Dear Editor, There has been much debate over the years and again in recent times about Jamaica severing ties with the London-based Privy Council and signing on to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)....
View ArticleWhy not an interfaith Leadership Prayer Breakfast?
Dear Editor, If our motto is truly "Out Of Many, One People" and this is a plural society, our school curricula must reflect this and government action must exemplify this. I was extremely disappointed...
View ArticleWill Caricom see two new one-term governments?
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — With the announcement of a February 19 general election now made in Grenada, and Barbadians expected to go to the polls next month as well, speculation is rife that the Caribbean...
View ArticleTired of living like a slave
Dear Editor, I'm no bright spark but I know I'm a slave of the State. I've been employed by the Government of Jamaica, within an organisation that falls under the Ministry of Education for almost three...
View ArticleThanks for saving our vacation, Sandals
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Sandals Chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart. RE: Christmas Stay 2012 - Booking No 6823589 First, to everyone at Sandals, from your corporate offices to the...
View ArticleIf leaders see the horror of war...
Dear Editor, Some time ago, I read where a British TV station was going to show, briefly, graphic footage of two British soldiers killed in Iraq. Such scenes are extremely unpleasant, but I daresay...
View ArticleHas the Public Sector Modernisation Programme vision died?
Dear Editor, The Public Sector Modernisation Programme (PSMP) started in 1988 under the name of the Government Administrative Reform Programme, funded by the World Bank, and has gone through numerous...
View ArticleIssues for Jamaica
Dear Editor, Here lies the dilemma for Jamaican policymakers and the public at large. There is a disconnect between "what the people want" and "what the people need". Key examples are: * We the people...
View ArticleUnjust swipe against the CCJ
Dear Editor, I write to respond to a letter by Marcia Pitter-Brown titled 'Justice delayed is justice denied' published in your newspaper of January 18, 2013. That letter dealt with a number of issues...
View ArticleProtecting teachers from student abuse
Dear Editor, One of the woes of our teachers over the years has been managing student behaviour in classrooms. Courses such as 'Understanding the Learner' and 'Principles of Teaching and Learning' have...
View ArticleWhen people lie without shame
Dear Editor, We all listened in amazement as Oprah Winfrey took Lance Armstrong through the process of revealing himself to the world on January 17, 2013. As we sat riveted, many of us asked "Can...
View ArticleOptions besides IMF should be revealed
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Simpson Miller chuckled when asked by a journalist what ‘Plan B’ was, as it relates to our negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).‘Plan B’ was probably not...
View ArticleReject new taxes unless...
Dear Editor, I wish to endorse a proposal by a morning talk-show host that until the Government can prove that they are not wasting taxes we should not agree to any additional taxation proposed in the...
View ArticleWho has the moral authority to penalise Mr Witter?
Dear Editor, Jamaica is indeed a land of promises mainly not kept. Yet we are focusing on Public Defender Earl Witter and his inability to produce a report that the Government should easily be able to...
View ArticleThe basic moves of teaching
Dear Editor, The classroom strategies used by teachers decades ago have become almost irrelevant. More and more we are hearing teachers saying that students today are harder to teach. The truth is that...
View ArticleGreater effort needed to promote Jamaica
Dear Editor, I was looking at a link showing the top 10 cheapest destinations in the world for holidays and the top 10 most expensive. To my astonishment, Jamaica was in the top 10 of the most...
View ArticleSomebody has to pay
Dear Editor, The no-user-fee policy that now exists in hospitals is being reviewed by the present Government as it is not sustainable. Somebody has to pay. Those who can afford to pay, should pay. The...
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