Heat on justice
Dear Editor,“This is unbearable,” said Justice Lloyd Hibbert, who was in a sitting at the Supreme Court. He revealed that the air conditioning has been down for a week. Under the circumstances, with...
View ArticleRGD search scam?
Dear Editor, In August 2016 I completed an application online and paid for five hours of genealogy research by the Registrar General’s Department Genealogy Section on my family history. As I received...
View ArticleGood cause, but...
Dear Editor, There has been a proliferation of road races in the city both in the day and night. These are said to be held to help one charity or another. While one is not against helping others, these...
View ArticleCritical vote at UN tomorrow
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) fully anticipates that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will defend Jamaica’s right to self-determination and...
View ArticleMayor Brown Burke, downtown in chaos
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Her Worship The Mayor Councillor Angela Brown Burke: I write to ask if you could look into the issue of pedestrians getting comfortable places to walk in downtown...
View ArticleSudden death cases sending a signal
Dear Editor, A lot of people have been asking me why we have been having these incidents of sudden death by athletes who should be at the peak of health. My opinion would be that there are several...
View ArticleWho’s smiling now?
Dear Editor, Sitting here listening to the experts saying all manner of not nice things about Donald Trump and predicting his imminent loss I was truly amazed. If the man could have got to where he was...
View ArticleI told you Trump would win
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago I wrote an letter titled ‘Trump supporters are not stupid’ in the midst of Etana’s backlash. I gave a few reasons I supported Trump, and I also mentioned why he would...
View ArticleClean Jamaica until she shines!
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to minister of state in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for works, Everald Warmington: You, Sir, have proposed the launch of a national clean-up...
View ArticleTime will tell if Trump’s shocking victory is a US victory
Dear Editor, Like many Americans, including the media, pollsters, and many people around the globe, I was stunned at Donald Trump’s election victory. Trump will become the 45th president of the United...
View ArticleThese pollsters and analysts don’t know squat!
Dear Editor, Once again, these pollsters, analysts and chatterboxes got it wrong: Donald Trump did what many of them considered to be the unthinkable when he won the American presidential elections....
View ArticleWe need to go back to God’s guideline for the family
Dear Editor,“When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.” — Pearl S Buck On a daily basis we as a people are faced with a truth that cannot be hidden or...
View ArticleI am happy Hillary Clinton lost
Dear Editor, Donald Trump is no saint! And, yes, he has made many unkind statements. However, I am happy and, elated even, that Hillary Clinton lost. Why am I happy? Haiti! The Clinton Foundation...
View ArticleThe evangelicals spoke
Dear Editor, With the United States presidential election behind us and President-elect Donald Trump having executed an upset against the heavily favoured Hillary Clinton, the sky has not fallen or the...
View ArticleLet’s debate constitutional issues, Holness, then have a grand referendum
Dear Editor, A recent Jamaica Observer editorial referred to the need for Jamaica to have fixed election dates, both for the general and local government elections, and I must publicly admit, without...
View ArticleCloud of uncertainty must awake national movement
Dear Editor, It is now official, Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States of America. I, like many people in the US and across the world, am still trying to fathom the idea of a Trump...
View ArticleWhen life equals to a piece of bread
Dear Editor, I am concerned about a dangerous and unperceived implication surrounding the tragic, robbery-related stabbing death of the third form, Jamaica College student on October 26, 2016 while on...
View ArticleTrump, the great wise man
Dear Editor, The greatest phenomenon to me is the surprise that Donald Trump won the presidential election of the United States of America in 2016. The winning is no shock to me, but a direct...
View ArticleDoctors, please, bad practices need to stop!
Dear Editor, Pharmacists have been faced with a challenge by physicians not completely identifying him/herself on prescriptions. Why is this important? Here are several reasons: It is the law. The...
View ArticleIs global politics going Russia’s way?
Dear Editor, With the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, I know for sure that at least one other world leader must be smiling — Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Surely, he got what he...
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