No word is intrinsically a ‘bad’ word
Dear Editor, I could hardly believe my eyes when I read articles in the media on the pros and cons of legalising “indecent language” The first observation I make is to invite you, Sir, to note the...
View ArticleRepeat sex offenders should be locked away
Dear Editor, In Spain, murderer and rapist José Franco de la Cruz was released from prison after serving 21 years of his sentence. Within months of his release, he was re-arrested by the police for the...
View ArticleIs a certain lifestyle being forced on our children?
Dear Editor, I would like to commend those brave mothers who came on the news to highlight the exploitation of our children by our so-called education system. I take note of a news item to recall a...
View ArticleSex education not a complex issue
Dear Editor, DIANA Roberts, in another daily, made a noble attempt to bring some balance to the HFLE (health and family life education) debate by appealing to our sense of "values". I, therefore, can...
View ArticleGive the good teachers a break!
Dear Editor, I can recall last year when the CSEC results in the region were considered better than those of the previous years. Various doctoral spokespersons stood on their soap boxes in the public...
View ArticleLion's head on flag, Jamaican citizenship
Dear Editor, When the visage of government minister Ronnie Thwaites was found to appear on replicas of the Jamaican flag, there were howls of protest from the Opposition, and rightly so. In response,...
View ArticleTerrible killing of Cpl Campbell
Dear Editor, I wish to extend sincere condolence to the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the family of Detective Corporal Warren Campbell from the Organised Crime Investigation Division who was brutally...
View ArticleWhen will we get a handle on crime in Jamaica?
Dear Editor, In both The Gleaner and the Jamaica Observer of September 20 an article was carried expressing the surprise and concern of the chairman of the Board of Cornwall College re the action of...
View ArticleJamaica can't afford paternity leave
Dear Editor, South Trelawny MP Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has urged fellow legislators to put in place the framework for paternity leave. "I would want to think that men need paternity leave to support...
View ArticleSome aspects of media worrying
Dear Editor, I read with great interest columnist Clare Forrester's commentary on September 19 about management and performance and staff problems at CVM, and at Lyndhurst Road, which I take to mean...
View ArticleCorrect inequities in sex law - protect everyone
Dear Editor, I wish to convey my deepest sympathies to the five females, including an eight-year-old, who were raped in St James. This dreadful incident has provoked abhorrence, rage and protest and...
View ArticleMake Jamaica safe!
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago we were in a jubilant mood as we celebrated 50 years of independence. From Morant Point to Negril Point Jamaican flags could be seen perched on buildings - commercial and...
View ArticleGo and learn your craft, Andrew Holness!
Dear Editor, The current JLP leader is having tours and with some fanfare is going around to constituencies. The PNP must find this so amusing. This is time to be like a secret agent quietly evaluating...
View ArticleKeep our children away from the horrible stories
Dear Editor, What are we feeding our people? I am not speaking in the context of dietary habits related to physiological development, but intellectual food. I am talking about he depraved behaviour of...
View ArticleRest well, Faith
Dear Editor, Jamaica has been robbed of an outstanding public servant in the person of Mrs Faith Innerarity, who lost her battle with cancer last Thursday while undergoing treatment in Florida. At the...
View ArticleGet national consensus and bipartisan support to fight the monster
Dear Editor, Here we go again on crime. Hand-wringing, protests, demonstrations, "this has to stop". We have been doing this for 40 years. It was current Minister of National Security Peter Bunting who...
View ArticleJ Wray & Nephew raising Jamaica's spirits
Dear Editor, I recently read about J Wray and Nephew Prime Ministers' Reserve for Jamaica 100. It was very heart- warming to see, in one place, all living prime ministers and representatives of those...
View ArticleRegain control of the country
Dear Editor, The recent upsurge in crime has left many virtually speechless. It seems almost unreal reading the news these days: A woman teacher stabbed at Dunrobin High by a mob, in full view of...
View ArticleViolence begets violence
Dear Editor, I heard on the news that men went to the Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew on Monday to see a teacher and were asked by a security guard to identify themselves — which they did. They...
View ArticleWhat a dismal future we are carving for our children!
Dear Editor, There was a time not too long ago when people living in rural Jamaica were reluctant to travel to the capital city of Kingston. Whenever urgent business required them to do so, they would...
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