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Rest in peace, Dr Little-White

Dear Editor, I always admired Dr Heather Little-White for her contribution to nutrition. I admired her even more for her graceful and courageous response to adversity. Her passing leaves us poorer....

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Thanks, Kenny Benjamin

Dear Editor, Many of my fondest memories as a child involved visiting the Hope Zoo with my mother and siblings. On a recent visit back to the zoo, with my young children, I was totally impressed with...

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Tough laws will ensure tax compliance

Dear Editor, Short of a miracle, either the JLP or the PNP will form the Government of Jamaica, and as such will be faced with similar problems collecting taxes. I think that this is one time that the...

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We can export charcoal without damaging the environment

Dear Editor, I seem to have missed the details of the news item about a shipment of charcoal to the Middle East, but I did hear the concern expressed on television that allowing the export of charcoal...

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Set a limit on the Cabinet size

Dear Editor, While prime ministers have the prerogative to appoint ministers, those appointments should not be made on the basis of political reward. The modern thinking behind the structure of...

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We are in for difficult times

Dear Editor, Winston Churchill once said that the farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. In looking back, former Prime Minister Edward Seaga said that the predicament...

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Congrats and a suggestion for JC

Dear Editor, Heartiest congratulations to Jamaica College (JC) for constructing apartments for its staff members as part of its development plan, as articulated in Petre Williams-Raynor's article in...

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Lies and deception fuel the homosexual lobby

Dear Editor, When members of the gay lobby accuse the church of being morally bankrupt because of a stance for sexual purity, we know that the proverbial moral compass doesn't work in every man's hand....

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Lance Armstrong's sad example

Dear Editor, Lance Armstrong is sad example of what sports has become today. Historically, sports was considered to be a virtue-making machine. The values that correspond with sports were considered to...

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Which is really the antichrist?

Dear Editor, Elaine Hope, in her effort to identify the antichrist, quoted several scripture passages but instead of speculating she should consult the Bible for explanations. I will share some of them...

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Gays should be treated fairly

Dear Editor, Anti-gay Christian lobbyists are incoherent propagandists. Christian Logic (at least the fundamentalist one) is an oxymoron and a paradox of modern cognitive reasoning. When religious...

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Let's have the right fuel mix

Dear Editor, In 2000 Jamaica was on the verge of implementing a coal power plant project. All the engineering had been done and negotiations with the equipment supplier and the financier were...

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I will not give up on Jamaica

Dear Editor, I am a Jamaican, not by accident of birth but by choice. I decided to be a Jamaican because I love my country and think it is exceptional. So whenever I had the opportunity to become a...

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Thank you, Ms Daniels

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to give praise where praise is due. In December 2012, on Christmas Eve, my refrigerator began malfunctioning and eventually stopped working. By...

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Pity the Europeans aren’t black!

Dear Editor, If it isn’t clear yet that the colour white is not a good thing for Europeans, then the Reparations Commission on which we are about to waste millions of scarce tax dollars should be...

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Jamaica: A nation faking despair

Dear Editor, The greatest ill of the Jamaican society is political expedience influenced by the social class factor. Daily, the nation indulges in faking despair over what it perceives to be greater...

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Use what we grow and grow what we use

Dear Editor, Sometimes the answer to a problem is so close to you that you cannot see it. Take energy. Every day we wake up, the sun rises, full of energy and promise. Yet, we ignore it, and depend on...

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The true role of government ministers

Dear Editor, Government is a body of representatives of the people, by the people, to do for the people what the people are unable to do for themselves in their individual and personal capacity. This...

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Pray for Jamaica

Dear Editor, As a Jamaican living in the United States, I am very much concerned about Jamaica. I work in a hospital with people from different countries and I always encourage them to visit my...

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Let us stop demonising gays

Dear Editor, A small group of maladjusted gay men in New Kingston are again making headlines because of their infamous lawlessness."Well-thinking Jamaicans" commenting on the issue are alarmed, for "if...

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