PNP rejects renewal to its peril
Dear Editor, The People’s National Party (PNP) delegates voted overwhelmingly last weekend in support of decades-old policies that have been tried, tested and failed. This is an obvious rejection of...
View ArticleSupport for cyber laws needed!
Dear Editor, With the proliferation of information communication technologies as internationally renowned smartphone manufacturers, the likes of Samsung and Apple, continue their rivalry and dominance...
View ArticleHas the JLP changed its mouth on Goat Islands?
Dear Editor, It is without a doubt that whenever on the outside, looking in, the grass appears greener. Hypocritically so I presumed. While in Opposition, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) gained much...
View ArticleUnravelling prepaid data and voice charges
Dear Editor, I would like to add my support to the letter writer on September 20, 2016 who has asked the Office of Utilities Regulation to have the telecommunications suppliers decouple the data and...
View ArticleRoadwork backup
Dear Editor, I commend the improvement works slated to be done on Mandela Highway. They’re long overdue. Nonetheless, I am grieving for the trees that have been there for ages and are now being cut...
View ArticleRGD has been doing its best
Dear Editor, I write in response to an article in the Jamaica Observer, dated September 17, 2016, titled ‘Ministry to address concerns of foster parents’. The Registrar General’s Department (RGD)...
View ArticleDetain rowdy schoolchildren at police station
Dear Editor, I happened to watch Prime Time News on September 20, 2016. It showed the minister of transport touring the transportation centre in Half-Way-Tree to scout for misbehaving children and...
View ArticleClarifying the D&G pension surplus matter
Dear Editor, I reference an article in another publication about the Desnoes & Geddes Limited and D&G Wines Pension Plan. I am privileged to be the chairman of the Board of Trustees for the...
View ArticleThe love of father
Dear Editor,“You are not my father,” the words I spoke in anger the first time we had an argument. As I reflect, I remember everything that has taken place over the years. It was not long ago that you...
View ArticleGive 15% voice with constitutional change
Dear Editor, On October 27, 2016 Grenadians will vote on constitutional change on the question no allegiance to The Queen and a limitation on the time their prime minister spends in Parliament. I...
View ArticleCan’t ‘flow’ like this anymore
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to FLOW: Like most relationships, ours started out perfectly, I could not ask for anything more from a service provider. The honeymoon phase is always awesome and...
View Article#prayforMoBay
Dear Editor, My heart is truly saddened by the upsurge in crime and violence in the beautiful, fun-loving parish of St James. Jamaica’s second city, the tourist capital of our picturesque island, has...
View ArticleStudent sabotage?
Dear Editor, The issue at hand is of great concern to me, and I wonder what will become of Jamaica’s future. In light of recent situations there is no other question to ask, but I will anyway: Why...
View ArticleResearchers studying bamboo’s potential as building material of the future
PITTSBURGH, USA (AP) — Don’t worry, pandas. They’re not coming for your food. Homes and buildings around the world have been built out of bamboo for millennia, but researchers at the University of...
View ArticleBan lewd music
Dear Editor, I am kindly asking our prime minister and our Opposition leader to make a call to all the drivers and conductors who are still playing nasty music on the public transport to stop doing so....
View ArticleThe JLP can’t continue to fail at managing crime
Dear Editor, In previous Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) governments there was an attitude of pomposity and arrogance that they curbed crime and that was always their mantra. Unfortunately, the JLP cannot...
View ArticleMore policemen not enough in crime fight
Dear Editor, I think it is a misconception that an increase in the number of police and soldiers in St James will control murders. What it needs is just a few genuine, highly intelligent members of the...
View ArticleThe transformation of Andrew Holness: I am now convinced!
Dear Editor, P J Patterson told a recent gathering of Comrades that the Andrew Holness today is not the same Andrew from 2011, and it would serve them best not to underestimate the rising star of...
View ArticleHail Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College at 41!
Dear Editor, The citizens of western Jamaica, and Montego Bay in particular, must be very proud of having such a prestigious educational teacher-training institution like the Sam Sharpe Teachers’...
View ArticleThe American elections: melodrama and reality TV
Dear Editor, A remarkable situation this particular American presidential cycle: It’s insane. It makes Alice in Wonderland seem tame and sane. Donald Trump has defied all political and cultural...
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