Mixed messages about sex
Dear Editor, I think it is time for adults in the Jamaican society to take responsibility for the mixed messages that are being sent to our children about sex and human sexuality. The mixed message is:...
View ArticleHow do we survive on $25,000 a month?
Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of the many early childhood (EC) teachers across Jamaica to request a meeting with the Minister of Education and/or the Prime Minister. We, the EC teachers of...
View ArticleDid she say that with a straight face?
Dear Editor, I had difficulty deciding whether to laugh or cry on hearing the prime minister, in defending the revived inner-city housing programme — under which numerous non-contributors will get...
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 ArticleJamaica-India relations lacking
Dear Editor, I stumbled onto the meaning of Indian Arrival Day circuitously, after a friend asked me to write a commemorative piece for Indian Arrival celebrations in Jamaica. I learnt then that...
View ArticleNo to Tivoli enquiry
Dear Editor, I have to agree with the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that the establishment of a Commission of Enquiry into the military incursion of Tivoli, as recommended by the public...
View ArticleDon't come to Port Antonio, NWC!
Dear Editor, I see the National Water Commission has taken its rate increase request on the road. Mr President, a word of caution: don't bring your appeal to Port Antonio at this time. Why, you ask?...
View ArticleJamaica modern-day Animal Farm
Dear Editor, One of the original commandments in Animal Farm was: "All animals are created equal". Upon gaining leadership, however, the pigs eventually replaced it with the following: "All animals are...
View ArticleThe pursuit of happiness
Dear editor, I would like to suggest that instead of being fixated on the Gross National Product (GNP), we really try hard to achieve gross national happiness. It is possible — and is happening — where...
View ArticleIt's the contributors' money
Dear Editor, At the rate at which Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is dipping into the National Housing Trust's (NHT's) funds one would think that the money falls from the sky and, therefore, has...
View ArticleNo unlicensed cable operator in Jamaica
Dear Editor, The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) has taken note of the article headlined "Unlicensed Cable Company Lands Ja on IP Watch List", which was published in The Daily Observer on May...
View ArticleWhy reject the enquiry, PNPYO?
Dear Editor, I read with disbelief the report in the Jamaica Observer about the rejection by the PNPYO of the decision to hold an enquiry into the Tivoli Gardens incursion and the resultant killings....
View ArticleDesmond Allen's defence of Richard Azan in Spalding shops matter
Dear Editor, What is going on at the Jamaica Observer? I have noticed in some of your recent editions where one of your senior staff, Desmond Allen, has spent a lot of time and news print trying to...
View ArticleBrilliant cartoon, Clovis!
Dear Editor, Clovis' cartoon of May 7, 2013 — "A nuff milk in deh"— had me in stitches. It presented an image of Mama P milking the big National Housing Trust (NHT) cow for what it's worth, while the...
View ArticleCommunism versus capitalism
Dear Editor, It is inconceivable that many intellectuals are still clinging tenaciously to the notion that communism-cum-Marxism, is a viable alternative to capitalism. It should be understood that...
View ArticleCaribbean nationals not entitled to reparation
Dear Editor, Based on the editorial, "Reparations debate needs to be settled", which appeared in the Jamaica Observer of Wednesday, May 8, I would like to say that the only worthwhile thing that will...
View ArticleWhere's the sense in handcart licencing?
Dear Editor, I note with keen interest the pending move by the KSAC to require handcart operators to be licensed. I also note that this is not the first time this idea has come up (based on an RJR news...
View ArticleThanks to MPs Wheatley and Warmington
Dear Editor, Windsor Road, located across from the salt factory on the Spanish Town bypass, has been a dust bowl for many years. It was simply awful. I became aware of it when I had to drop off one of...
View ArticleJ'cans chose scalpel over bitter medicine
Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to express the reason I was willing to accept the bitter medicine offered to be dispensed by then Prime Minister Andrew Holness with a view to...
View ArticleHEART Trust indebted to Dr Robinson
Dear Editor, On behalf of the board of directors, management and staff of the HEART Trust/National Training Agency, we wish to express profound regret at the passing of Dr the Honourable Joyce...
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