Hats off to you, Minister
Dear Editor, We seldom like to make commendations where and when they are most appropriate. It is so much easier for us to ?tear others down with our words and actions, but I am heartened by an article...
View ArticleWhy expect justice from our legal system?
Dear Editor, We keep expecting justice when all we have are laws. We don’t have a justice system, and frankly I don’t know many places that do. We only have a legal system. Within that legal system, we...
View ArticleThe fact remains: Khajeel was killed
Dear Editor, The Khajeel Mais case, although closed in the courts of justice, still lingers in our thoughts. And there are some salient facts, regardless of anyone’s current feelings, that still need...
View ArticleFind the ‘bad gas’ source!
Dear Editor, In recent weeks there have been television news reports that contaminated gasolene has been again negatively affecting some taxi drivers within the parish of St Thomas. According to the...
View ArticleSamuda’s comments unfortunate, ill-considered and worthy of collective...
Dear Editor, The Jamaican Bar Association is aware of comments that were made by the Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Central Karl Samuda in response to the ongoing dispute between residents...
View ArticleOur youth need better values
Dear Editor, There is no doubt in my mind that our society has lost its moral values. When we look around and see what is being promoted it is shocking. The question is, what went wrong? The answer is...
View ArticleKudos, Hopeton Dunn and team
Dear Editor, I read with great interest an article headlined ‘Thanks for partnering with Broadcasting Commission’, written by Professor Hopeton Dunn, chairman of the Broadcast Commission. I believe the...
View ArticleBrian George left indelible impression on national landscape
Dear Editor, It is truly amazing that one who lived and worked in Jamaica for 13 years has left such an indelible impression on our national landscape. Since the arrival of Brian George here as...
View ArticleMinority vote will be US election decider
Dear Editor, With just days to go before the November 8, 2016 United States Presidential Election, most national polls are showing a tightening of the race, indicating that the outcome might be a...
View ArticleA nuclear planet in 200 years
Dear Editor, Japan is the only country to have experienced a nuclear holocaust when the US dropped bombs on it in World War II. Japan recovered. But, accidentally, though, almost as if in retribution,...
View ArticleObama’s wisdom or folly?
Dear Editor, “A quarter-century after the cold war the world is by many measures less violent and more prosperous than ever before, and yet our societies are filled with uncertainty and unease and...
View ArticleGod will handle all fears during this US election
Dear Editor, I am so afraid of what might or will happen if ‘the other’ candidate wins. My tremendous fear, which has been ramped up to a feverish pitch, is that so many are behaving so horribly toward...
View ArticleJa’s Stockholm-like syndrome to murder
Dear Editor, Last week we were once again visited by the all too familiar tragedy of one of our children being killed. This time by what we are learning is a career miscreant all too familiar to the...
View ArticleGarvey — a hero for all times
Dear Editor, Would the Government and people of Jamaica still regard our first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, to be so honourable if — at least for argument’s sake — it is proven beyond a shadow...
View ArticleSad time in Jamaica
Dear Editor, Why is it that some people believe that they must go about stealing what belongs to the next person and kill them for it. It is beyond me. Why don’t they go and look for a job and be a...
View ArticleAre we a part of the problem?
Dear Editor, The atrocious acts of violence in Jamaica have many asking what will the Government do? What will the police do? What will the Church do? But, right now, I am asking, what will I do? I...
View ArticleTime for action
Dear Editor, It is time for Jamaicans to get serious about Jamaica. When issues and challenges arise out of the malaise we have in the economic and social fabric, there is a groundswell of outrage,...
View ArticleSamuda should apologise
Dear Editor, The Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Central Karl Samuda is a veteran politician who is well liked by his constituents, hence his repeated victory in general elections, even when...
View ArticleJamaica’s very own super predators
Dear Editor, There is a resurgence of Hillary Clinton’s 1996 comments about certain kids that were super predators who murdered victims without conscience or empathy. It befuddles the mind, at least my...
View ArticleI support Greg Christie for Customs commish
Dear Editor, I sincerely agree with Robert Dalley, who wrote an incisive newspaper letter published in the October 21, 2016 edition of the Jamaica Observer, suggesting to Finance Minister Audley Shaw...
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