No red carpet to wear
Dear Editor, I recently received an invitation to be among the many who would be at the National Indoor Sports Centre to salute the member of our 2016 Olympic team on Saturday, October 15. I was...
View ArticleBring back ISCF!
Dear Editor, I have observed letters in various print media about returning district constables to their districts. However, the same way that letters are highlighting the vending problems on the...
View ArticleResurrect the hero in you!
Dear Editor, As we pause to reflect on our heritage, To our national heroes we pay our homage, For their tireless work, their strength and courage, So we can celebrate our freedom from bondage! We...
View ArticleTime to put money on plastic recycling
Dear Editor, I participated in the recent International Coastal Clean-up. My community collected a total of 26 bags of garbage; three jumbo garbage bags of styrofoam food containers, one bag with...
View ArticleConvict them for their foreign crimes
Dear Editor, From time to time, we get reports of deportees who had commited crimes when they are abroad and who have been sent here to, effectively, continue their lives of crime in this country. As...
View ArticleTrump’s no scumbag, he’s a scapegoat
Dear Editor, The revelations made of so-called “locker room talk”, which featured Donald Trump’s sexual pursuits, has enlightened those among us who have scientific interests in human sexuality and the...
View ArticleMinister, is this all corruption?
Dear Editor, The former People’s National Party Government wanted to establish an oversight body for the Independenet Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) which I thought, at that time, was useless...
View ArticleParson nah ramp!
Dear Editor, I am so tickled to see the slate of awardees on this year’s roster who have been given national honours. ‘Parson nah ramp!’ Truly, today some people must be saying,“Man, we have really...
View ArticleIt’s clear Gov’t is not seeing the big picture
Dear Editor, It is counter-intuitive to be accelerating the decline in the domestic debt stock and at the same time devaluation is increasing the value of the external debt, thus lowering the rate of...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘talk’ sad, pathetic
Dear Editor, It is not often that I take this route to address an issue, especially something as polarising and as divisive as the upcoming US presidential election. However, it would be remiss of me...
View ArticleWaste management is our challenge
Dear Editor, I write in response to an column published in the Jamaica Observer on Thursday, October 13, 2016 ‘Stop it! Wi too nasty!’ by Odane Plummer. Although the heart of Plummer’s article is in...
View ArticleArscott’s shameful tribal comments
Dear Editor, I feel compelled to agree wholeheartedly with Robert Dalley who wrote a well-written letter published in the Jamaica Observer of October 13, 2016. He asked, “Why is Arscott seeking to...
View ArticleHope the MPs read Grace Virtue’s column
Dear Editor, The country must thank Dr Grace Virtue for clearly stating the obvious in her column in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. I read with dismay some of the reactions to the...
View ArticlePublic defender’s dead babies’ report wanting
Dear Editor, I am appalled at the broad-brush approach that the Public Defender Arlene Harrison Henry employed in her investigations into the deaths of eight premature babies at the University Hospital...
View Article‘Rio Salute’ programme constructed with consultation
Dear Editor, I am a person who supports good things, and I am a patriotic Jamaican, so I want to take the chance to comment on the criticisms made of the recently held ‘Rio Salute’. This is not about...
View ArticleNo entry: bare shoulders
Dear Editor, What’s next? No blacks, no dogs, no Irish? I am a student of one of Jamaica’s foremost universities. Yesterday I went to use the computer lab to have my devices configured for Wi-Fi...
View ArticleDisgraceful treatment from CRH
Dear Editor, A few days ago I visited Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) Casualty Department, taking an uncle of mine for emergency treatment. I had to wait six hours before receiving medical treatment...
View ArticleA salute to Tastee
Dear Editor, Jamaica is blessed with a number of corporate companies which consider it their civic duty to give back to society. None more so than Tastee, Jamaica’s leading patty makers. This...
View ArticleHow come?
Dear Editor, While I acknowledge and commend the efforts of Jamaica Public Service CEO Kelly Tomlin to improve the service of her company to the public, I must point out one area that needs attention:...
View ArticlePlace Greg Christie at Customs
Dear Editor, Former distinguished Contractor General Greg Christie has been rumoured to be in contention to be Jamaica’s next commissioner of Customs. Media reports say the contract of Major Richard...
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