Lisa Hanna for Energy Minister
Dear Editor, We have been able, through infrastructure developmental programmes, to provide electricity, water and roads to many Jamaicans. However, we have been unable to empower our people to levels...
View ArticleAlcohol fills gaps
Dear Editor, The promotion and marketing of alcoholic beverages is one of the most debated and controversial issues of advertising legislation. It is true that advertising bans are justified by the...
View ArticleThank you, Mr Sonil Palmer
Dear Editor, I am pleased to share an uplifting story for a change. In a time when our society is overwhelmed with crime and corruption, we rarely encounter occasions that remind us that there are...
View ArticleSad state of affairs
Dear Editor, I read in your paper recently that Jamaica's indebtedness is now $1.81 trillion.When did the total move up from 1.7 trillion dollars, and why? My understanding is that the country has not...
View ArticleTime come Portia, time come
Dear Editor, If ever a straw broke a camel's back, that straw fell this afternoon (last week). The Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica released what may go down in Commonwealth history as the most...
View ArticleRegion should have proportional representration in cricket
Dear Editor, Having followed the match between a Jamaican team packed with reserves and the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC), I have come to the conclusion that the concept of the CCC has outlived...
View ArticleRethink stance on PEs
Dear Editor, Any attempt to abolish Preliminary Enquiry is unreasoned and ill-conceived and can only do injustice. The abolition does not take into consideration the following: 1. The statutory...
View ArticleTired of a Gollum-like Government
Dear Editor, As I sat in Gordon House on April 23 and 24 listening to our politicians hurl insults at each other, I couldn't help but think about some of my unruly students who I encounter every day....
View ArticleTeachers at risk!
Dear Editor, Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites has been performing very well to date, but now due to our schools becoming war zones and killing fields he is now talking nonsense, as indicated by...
View ArticleFight Back
Dear Editor, Over the years, a number of our schools have been plagued by violence. While many of the reported violent onslaughts have been between students, in recent times, our teachers have also...
View ArticleYes to condoms in schools
Dear Editor, By now we must all be aware of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) and National HIV/STI merger to form the national authority for sexual and reproductive health. While it is a good...
View ArticleGive us clarity, Minister Thwaites
Dear Editor, I am more than a little curious about a JIS report carried this week by several online news sources stating "Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says the Ministry stands ready to assist...
View ArticleNot so, Mr Lake
Dear Editor, I write in response to the article published in The Daily Observer of Tuesday April 30, 2013 entitled, "KSAC ignoring us, say developers." The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC)...
View ArticleFrustrated by weekend noise
Dear Editor, My family and neighbours have given up in disgust. We no longer complain to the Matilda's Corner police about night noises, though we are subjected to excessively loud noises day and...
View ArticleLula a true transformational leader
Dear Editor, Jamaican leaders tend to adopt catchphrases, one of which was "Yes we can", from President Obama's first term in office. The current phrase is 'transformational leader', but there are...
View ArticleWhy allow Coaster bus drivers to break the law?
Dear Editor, The rule of law (from the World Justice Project) is the underlying framework of rules and rights that make prosperous and fair societies possible. The rule of law is a system in which no...
View ArticleTivoli commission of inquiry important
Dear Editor, The public defender has submitted his interim report on the May 2010 Tivoli operation, and most Jamaicans should be concerned with the finding of excessive force and extra-judicial...
View ArticleThank you, generous friends of CCRP
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) Limited, I would like to pay a grateful tribute to a number of public-spirited corporate citizens who helped to make our...
View ArticleThe case for a coalition gov't
Dear Editor, I read with great interest the article by David Mullings in the May 5th issue of the Sunday Observer — "A Grand Coalition for Jamaica"— and in support of his well considered and important...
View ArticleSay no to sex-ed, condoms in schools
Dear Editor, I write to counter the positions put forward in the letter titled 'Yes to sex-ed and condoms in schools', published on Friday, May 3. All unnatural means of contraception are evil because...
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