Spice set herself up for embarrassment
Dear Editor, My opinion on the ‘Spice Saga’ concerning her being contracted to work at the ‘Rio Salute’ is that everybody was in anxiety to see her performance, including me, knowing her lyrics. I was...
View ArticleTrump is the biggest threat to democracy in America
Dear Editor, If Americans cannot see the threat that Donald Trump poses to democracy in America, then truly they are blind. Quite honestly, this is not even about a debate anymore, this is about the...
View ArticleTime travel is possible, but…
Dear Editor, I am aware of very intensive efforts in some of the advanced countries in which several organisations, including military ones, are trying to accomplish the feat of time travel. What many...
View ArticleDenied entry to my own country
Dear Editor, I’ve read stories of Jamaicans being denied entry to other countries; however, nothing prepared me for being denied entry to Jamaica, the land of my birth. On Friday, September 30, 2016, I...
View ArticleDonald Trump is a winner
Dear Editor, I think Donald J Trump is a winner. Like him or not, he is a winner. He is a winner because he demolished his opponents to become the Republican nominee for the presidency of the United...
View ArticleA report in the real sense?
Dear Editor, I could have been mad and predicted with accuracy that Dr Fenton Ferguson and the political hacks would jump on the faulty report produced by the country’s public defender’s office. To...
View ArticleDoes the hare or the tortoise make true progress?
Dear Editor, Months ago, I found Secretary Hillary Clinton boringly status quo and Donald Trump refreshing. However, upon witnessing Clinton’s compassion and graceful strength under tremendous and...
View ArticleShe’s no Mother Teresa, but a clear favourite
Dear Editor, I guess I’m unlike Pontius Pilate. Although, he found no fault in the man, he was prepared to give the man over for crucifixion. I find fault in Hillary Clinton, of course, but I’m not...
View ArticleTackle cyber security threat
Dear Editor, Cyber security, as an industry, is experiencing enormous global growth as people and businesses are becoming more and more dependent on technology. As various technologies evolve, threats...
View ArticleBizarre ‘X6’ murder case
Dear Editor, I appreciate why Judge Lloyd Hibbert, on the recommendation of the prosecution, who had no evidence to offer, entered a ‘not guilty’ verdict in the Home Circuit Court yesterday, October...
View ArticleDollar slide endangers prosperity
Dear Editor, It is an oft-repeated truism: “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” This truism bears repeating now for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). They made heavy water of...
View ArticleJury had no other option
Dear Editor, Similar to the Trayvon Martin case in the United States, so is the uproar of sentiments and disappointment in the acquittal in the infamous ‘X6 murder’ case in Jamaica. Like many others...
View ArticleSome things just not clear?
Dear Editor, As we come to terms with the verdict of the recent ‘X6 murder trial’ some things leave a bad taste in my mouth. Understanding that in the court system it’s evidence brought to court that...
View ArticleBread and butter more important than Garveyism
Dear Editor, Some time ago, an online petition requiring a minimum of 100,000 signatures failed to get that amount to advance the cause for the exoneration (or pardoning) of Marcus Garvey. While there...
View ArticleCameron to blame
Dear Editor, While I have defended West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) boss Dave Cameron for the team’s poor performance — after all he doesn’t bat, bowl, field, coach, or select the team — he must carry...
View ArticleSenseless oil hedge
Dear Editor, Hedging oil at US$66 a barrel is a complete waste of money — money which the country can ill afford — and makes absoletely no sense. This money, US$26 million, should have gone towards...
View ArticleCurious thoughts
Dear Editor, Given that the former accused in the X6 murder case refused to produce his weapon, the jury was denied access to critical evidence to determine innocence or guilt. There are reports he may...
View ArticleRe-socialisation — the answer to corruption
Dear Editor, Corruption is a multi-dimensional scourge on society. These extraordinary cultural scourges result from learnt activities inculcated through ‘education’ in life experiences. We label it...
View ArticlePNP in confusion?
Dear Editor, Democratic socialism is an unsound political philosophy and a contradiction in terms. It causes the kind of bi-polarity that allows Julian Robinson to say the People’s National Party (PNP)...
View ArticleIndiscipline on the Red Hills and Molynes roads
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, head of the highway and traffic divisions: According to reports made at a press conference on July 11, 2016 at the Office of...
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