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Dear Editor, Many Jamaicans are void of the power of independent thought. Their minds are clouded completely by partisan politics. This imbecilic behaviour has set the country back more than the days...
View ArticleI'm ready to help fund the Finsac report
Dear Editor, Though the call for a commission of enquiry into the 2010 Tivoli operation may be correct, it is rather curious that the Government of the day is, without hesitation, willing to facilitate...
View ArticleThe NWC's ineptitude
Dear Editor, The recent announcement by the National Water Commission (NWC) to apply for a rate increase has elicited various responses from the public. I feel compelled to add a few words to this...
View ArticleMinister Hanna doing a good job
Dear Editor, It is really unfortunate that the minister of youth and culture, the Hon Lisa Hanna MP, is getting so much flak from the public about the poor performance of her ministry. If we are to be...
View ArticleWhy block police youth club members from joining the constabulary?
Dear Editor, Under the direction of a police corporal and a social worker in Hanover, Jamaica, the year 1954 saw the birth of a movement that has withstood the test of time. It has produced some very...
View ArticleTime for a code of political ethics
Dear Editor, Has the time come for a code of political ethics in the evolution of Jamaican politics? Would the country stand to benefit from an ethically sensitised cadre of politicians? Might...
View ArticleKelly Tomblin a breath of fresh air
Dear Editor, The president and CEO of the Jamaica Public Service Co Mrs Kelly Tomblin has been in the news recently expressing concern about the financial state of the company. She was on the front...
View ArticleExposure to smoking reduces quality of life
Dear Editor, Smoking marijuana or cigarettes just for fun or as a stress reliever has the potential to become an addiction. Most people begin this dangerous life relationship from a young age, when...
View ArticleNot quite so, Observer
Dear Editor, I note with interest the editorial in the Sunday Observer of May 12, headlined 'Paucity of Caribbean citizens in the top echelons', in which you make certain assertions about Jamaicans and...
View ArticleJIM pays tribute to Dr the Hon Joyce Robinson
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Institute of Management (JIM) joins the many other groups who have paid tribute to the sad passing of Dr the Hon Joyce Robinson, OJ, FJIM. As a Fellow of JIM, Dr Robinson...
View ArticleDoctors who kill
Dear Editor, Dr Kermit Gosnell, an abortion doctor who was convicted of three counts of murder in the USA recently, brings to mind a book called Nazi Doctors by Jay Lifton. It recounts for its readers...
View ArticleNo condoms in school!
Dear Editor, I'm responding to the question that was asked on TVJ's Prime Time News: "Should condoms be distributed in school?" My answer to this idle and trouble-making question, is no. If condoms are...
View ArticleTeachers should take vacation during the summer
Dear Editor, Are we serious about guiding our beloved country out of this current economic recession? I think not! Free education and free medical care are only two of the things that we cannot afford,...
View ArticleMake Industrial Relations training for managers mandatory
Dear Editor, Having read Danny Roberts' edited address: 'Leaders can no longer think outside the box, you have to think there's no box' in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, and having...
View ArticleA suggestion for TAJ
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Ms Merris Haughton of Tax Administration Jamaica Good day Ms Haughton, I would like to take you through what I call the harrowing experience of renewing my...
View ArticleUCJ pace slow, unacceptable
Dear Editor, I pen this letter to express my frustration at what I believe is an extremely long period for a decision to be made on qualifications pursued through distance learning/online. It has been...
View ArticleJamaica, not JPS, facing death
Dear Editor, I read with great concern and amusement the letter written by Alfred Sangster, which seemed to have been sent to clearly sing the praises of JPS on the basis of a number of so-called myths...
View ArticleThose who can afford to run will
Dear Editor, In the 1970s, then Prime Minister, the late Michael Manley, said on public television: "If you do not like my policies, there are five flights a day to Miami, and you can get out of...
View ArticleFaith restored in the police
Dear Editor, A few days ago, I had an unpleasant incident involving criminals at my gate. I phoned Matilda's Corner Police Station — the phone was answered before the third ring — and I reported the...
View ArticleDon't allow condoms in school
Dear Editor, Giving me an R6 motorcycle and telling me not to speed on highway 2000 but to obey the 50 miles per hour speed limit is setting me up for a traffic ticket. In much the same way, giving...
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