Paying for the use of bathrooms
Dear Editor, Denying people use of bathrooms unless they buy something. Really? Of course this would happen. This is Jamaica afterall. People charge you to park on land they don't own for crying out...
View ArticleCheck yourself before you check others
Dear Editor, In a country rife with bigotry like Jamaica is there any hope for peace? Will there ever be a time in which any man can freely traverse the island from one end to the other without fear of...
View ArticleWork, work, work ... instead of pray, pray, pray
Dear Editor, Granted, there is a time and place for prayer, but it is foolhardy to believe that it is the solution to all of Jamaica's ills. Were that the case there would be no evil in our country...
View ArticleSelf-reliance — the solution to Jamaica's looming doom
Dear Editor, Michael Manley once said: "We have to learn fast, we better learn fast, or we are doomed." Jamaicans need to learn, with zeal, the sacrifices required of us for us to recover from the...
View ArticleWarn gays of their actions
Dear Editor, In his article in the Jamaica Observer on Monday, February 4, Mr Javed Jaghai appealed to the public to "stop demonising gays". While we should not treat persons as inferior and...
View ArticleI agree with Les Green
Dear Editor, Having read the article dated Monday February 4, 2013, on former ACP Les Green, I am inclined to say I wholeheartedly agree with his claims. It is common knowledge that Jamaica does have a...
View ArticleMore on the buggery law
Dear Editor, I disagree with the author of the letter headlined "Gays should be treated fairly", that the buggery law is about viewing and treating gay Jamaicans as criminals in their own country. The...
View ArticleCalling for an independent Jamaica
Dear Editor, (This is an open letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica) I have always been a strong advocate for the independence of Jamaica and I hope that I will live to see the day when Jamaica...
View ArticleUrgent public sector reform needed
Dear Editor, As we move to reform the public sector, let us as a nation not be deceived into believing that cutting cost, by any means, will automatically translate into greater efficiency. Cost must...
View ArticleThink bigger, Minister Paulwell
Dear Editor, While it is good that mining minister Philip Paulwell is pushing for Jamaica to start the process of developing its rare earth industry, I cannot help but wonder why is it that we seem...
View ArticleVolkswagen ad, a positive for Jamaica
Dear Editor, A lot of controversy has been swirling on social media about the Volkswagen Super Bowl advertisement featuring a white male American office worker with a Jamaican accent. In viewing the...
View ArticleSummon China Harbour
Dear Editor, Every well-thinking Jamaican appreciates the development projects being done by the Government through its business deals with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). However, since 2010...
View ArticleThe VW ad's real meaning
Dear Editor, To many Jamaicans, the Super Bowl VW commercial appears humorous and innocent. However, when you live in a racialised society where your culture is only validated through ridicule and...
View ArticleOur children need character education
Dear Editor, With all the talk of crime and violence in our society, when will adults learn to do right? Since it is said that we are products of our environment, then it simply means that we are to...
View ArticleJamaica could benefit positively
Dear Editor, It is time for a reality check. That VW Superbowl ad could indeed work out positively for Jamaica in some ways, but as to the hyperbole by some Jamaicans about Jamaica being a cultural...
View ArticleGreen's criticism obscures the reality
Dear Editor, I am not outraged by Les Green's criticism of the Jamaican police force. What I am outraged about is that his criticism obscures the reality of the situation in Jamaica. Firstly, his...
View ArticleWrong to look at Jamaicans that way
Dear Editor, The Volkswagen advertisement is not racist. It may encourage Americans and others to buy such a car and drive blissfully around like Jamaicans. But it is very wrong in its characterisation...
View ArticleHere's why we borrow so much
Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to one of the questions asked by Mr Butch Stewart in his article in the Jamaica Observer dated February 7, 2013. He asked: "When did we become a country with a...
View ArticleDear Prime Minister...
Dear Editor, This is open letter to the prime minister and the JEEP secretariat. Madam Prime Minister, like you, I have embarked on a path of working, working, working and less talking, lest I talk...
View ArticleThe PM should control herself
Dear Editor, I find it funny how the country is sliding into a great recession, yet Her Majesty's loyal servant has found time to label the leader of the Opposition as an enemy of the State. Young...
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