What's happening at the CSO?
Dear Editor, I would like to express my disgust with how the authorities are handling the noxious fumes in the vicinity of the Central Sorting Office. Why are people passing out day in and day out...
View ArticleThe perils of travelling by bus, taxi
Dear Editor, I am not trying to shoot a hole in the pockets of bus and taxi operators. However, just imagine for a while having to sit between two seats on a vehicle travelling for one and a half...
View ArticleConcerns about Golden Age Home
Dear Editor, I am more than bewildered as to what is the real purpose and role of the caregivers - appointed and paid by the State - at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, St Andrew. On Sunday, 17th...
View ArticleBetter days ahead for St Ann's Bay Hospital
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Mr Wesley Cunningham for his observations and concerns with respect to conditions at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital as outlined in his letter published in the...
View ArticleWhat's up with Titchfield Beach?
Dear Editor, Much has been made of the renaissance in upscale tourism in Port Antonio. However, little has been mentioned about the closure of the Titchfield Beach, which has severely impacted local...
View ArticleWe need to enforce our laws
Dear Editor, The late journalist and talk show host Wilmot "Motty" Perkins used to say, if thieves could make laws, stealing would be legal. In the Jamaica that I grew up not so long ago, many of us...
View ArticleDon't lecturers have work to do?
Dear Editor, Seeing the state that we are in, both as a nation and as a people, wouldn't it be fair to ask if our university lecturers have any work to do? I ask this because we see them doing what...
View ArticleRuel Reid and religion at JC
Dear Editor, Arrogance, insensitivity and ignorance constitute a really bad cluster of personal attributes. In the case of an aspiring or sitting leader, whether religious, political or educational...
View ArticleThere are better things to do
Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that the Government of Jamaica has tabled a bill to decriminalise the practice of obeah on Jamaican soil, while we are plagued by the more significant issues...
View ArticleNot so, Mr Wignall
Dear Editor, I normally would not take the time to respond to your columnist, Mark Wignall. However, his column in yesterday's edition of your newspaper (: "Are we going back to the dark days of the...
View ArticleCensus and religious trends
Dear Editor, The 2011 population and housing census report included trends on religious affiliation. Of the 20 categories, several denominations showed declines between 2001 and now (Anglican, Baptist,...
View ArticleOffensive, mean-spirited and baseless, Mr Johnston
Dear Editor, Mr Franklin Johnston's column of Friday, March 8, 2013 is offensive and does both him and me a disservice. I first became acquainted in a concrete way with the matter of adolescent...
View ArticleApology
The Jamaica Observer has no information to support the suggestion made by Dr Franklin Johnston in his column on Friday that Senator Kamina Johnson Smith's recent presentation in the Upper House on...
View ArticleGov't must share in the sacrifice
Dear Editor, I heard with great dismay Dr Omar Davies' reaction in Parliament to the request by many associations and individuals for the Government to reduce the size of the Cabinet and to tell us...
View ArticleFor a meaningful Jamaica Jubilee
Dear Editor, I remember the first time I heard Mutabaruka repudiate the 1962 Jamaican Independence watershed as a meaningless development from the Rasta perspective. It jarred me. Even if one agrees...
View ArticleLaw change was about flogging, not obeah
Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter published in the Observer on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in which the writer stated that "It has come to my attention that the Government of Jamaica has tabled a...
View ArticleSandy Bay health centre falls short
Dear Editor, Good day to you and the staff of the Jamaica Observer and congratulations on being in business for so long and continuing to give us the best news from Jamaica and the world. I am writing...
View ArticleA salute to our civil servants
Dear Editor, The whole nation should stand up and salute the civil servants of Jamaica for making what I term in my language a "lifetime sacrifice"; as revealed in the Jamaica Observer of March 7. This...
View ArticleMustard Seed thanks Digicel
Dear Editor, Over the years, Digicel and the Digicel Foundation have shown their commitment to providing for the most vulnerable of our society, and we at the Mustard Seed Communities have been...
View ArticleToo many hypocrites in Jamaica
Dear Editor, It is becoming clearer that Jamaica is a country like none other. Our prime minister and minister of Finance are so boldly thanking public sector workers and bond holders for their...
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