Are we at threat of being recolonised?
Dear Editor, A few years ago when I came kicking, screaming and shouting, “To the world!” you can just imagine how proud I must have been to think I were born in a Jamaica that was no longer a colony...
View ArticleSutton Street court needs serious attention
Dear Editor, People attending the Sutton Street Court are treated like trash and it is time that this treatment comes to an end. I am 58 years of age. On September 2, 2016 I went to this court due to a...
View ArticleSometimes ‘the law is an ass’
Dear Editor, There are calls from some religious quarters for Rev Al Miller to give up his leadership positions in his church following his conviction for perverting the course of justice. He had been...
View ArticleThe issue with biases
Dear Editor, Life is full of biases and prejudices, and for the world of politics it is no different. As a result, people and politicians are always put in “a box” or a sort of “hypothetical prison” by...
View ArticlePlease, Works Minister, fix roads
Dear Editor, The Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services is calling on minister with responsibility for works, Everald Warmington, to address the deteriorating road conditions in a number...
View ArticleA lazy afternoon with FLOW
Dear Editor, I simply must tell you of the lovely afternoon I spent in your Mandeville branch. Having taken the time an a Monday afternoon to deal with an important matter, I arrived at your office and...
View ArticleWill extending school tenure work?
Dear Editor, The extension of the years in school is going to create a space deficit in many schools. In schools where infrastructural arrangements are not ‘up to scratch’, they are going to feel the...
View ArticleIs Portia just press-shy?
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) is publicly imploding, not unlike what happened to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) some years ago. The difference is that the JLP’s public destruction, and...
View ArticleThe distraction that is campaign finance reform
Dear Editor, I observed with much humour, yet grave concern, how parts of the media have already jumped to talk of campaign finance reform in the wake of another scandal that has set off tectonic...
View ArticleJustice for judges, Justice Minister
Dear Editor, The justice system in Jamaica has been deemed as very slow and tardy, to say the least. Despite this, judges work under tedious and difficult conditions to deliver justice. Judges cannot...
View ArticleOlympics no longer about ‘repping’ country
Dear Editor, Traditionally, the summer Olympics was about the love of sport and the glory of representing your country, and not about the love of money. In came TV in the 1980s. Since then, the new...
View ArticleMore needs to be done, Mr PM
Dear Editor, The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Andrew Holness: Let me admit, I was never impressed by your high-voltage election campaign and larger-than-life projection of you and your...
View ArticleInteresting how no stones being thrown
Dear Editor, Normally, in Jamaica at least, whenever there is political upheaval in any of the two major political parties, the other one will capitalise on it. However, the deafening silence of the...
View ArticleRussia 2018’s demise, mea culpa, Capt Burrell?
Dear Editor, And so it ends, the dream of Jamaica playing in another World Cup finals has died, and I dare say even before it started. I’m sure the process of pointing fingers and identifying one or...
View ArticleAs we look to 2022...
Dear Editor, As I sit here watching the final match of the Reggae Boyz’s campaign for Russia 2018, I find myself looking beyond the plethora of empty seats within the National Stadium into a future...
View ArticleNot-so-capitalist PNP
Dear Editor, No one can deny that today the People’s National Party (PNP) cannot be considered anything but a capitalist party, just like the Jamaica Labour Party, although it continues to label itself...
View ArticleMiss Cutie saves the day for JUTC
Dear Editor, I am now fully convinced that ugliness, badness, stupidity sell. It was in that regard that I stopped writing letters to media houses — I usually have very mundane to decent comments to...
View ArticleWhere is D K Duncan’s apology to Karl Blythe?
Dear Editor, It is amazing and sickening to note how the People’s National Party (PNP) can be so hypocritical. Now imagine, Karl Blythe, a PNP presidential candidate, made certain observations after...
View ArticleSupport and use dispute resolution services
Dear Editor, Thank you for the story on page four of the Jamaica Observer West, on Thursday, September 8, 2016, by Anthony Lewis, featuring the work of the wonderful Hanover Mediation Centre, an...
View ArticleMercy for Al Miller — JUGC
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches (JUGC) has taken note of the ruling of the courts in regards to Rev Merrick “Al” Miller. While we respect the ruling of the court, we consider the...
View Article