Spare a thought for so-called 'uncontrollable' children
Dear Editor, As the society goes through various Child Month observances, we reflect on the joy that children bring and the excitement in contemplating what they could become. By our laws, and in...
View ArticleDeliberate misuse of word homophobia
Dear Editor, May 17 was observed as the International Day Against Homophobia. It is, therefore, an opportune time to register our objection to the word and more specifically to its current usage. A...
View ArticleScent of hypocrisy from Gordon house
Dear Editor, Sometime ago, Lady Allen, the wife of Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, made utterances to the effect that her belief in Jamaica was severely shaken by the brutal murder of a one-time...
View ArticleCelebrate brightness, not darkness!
I was forwarded a local news story surrounding graduation controversy at Glenmuir High School, which even piqued Education Minister Thwaites' interest, although he vowed not to get involved. According...
View ArticleDisrespecting the dead
Dear Editor, It is reported in another newspaper (The Star) that the Spanish Town police yesterday seized an Escalade Sports Utility Vehicle that was transporting a body to a funeral after...
View ArticleBring back corporal punishment in schools
I hope it's not too late for me to zero in, endorse and congratulate Mr Norman Edmonson for writing such a very important article, titled: "Corporal punishment is not abuse", which was published in the...
View ArticleJPS' late payment fee cause for concern
The Editor, Kindly allow me to send an open letter to Ms Kelly Tomblin, President of the Jamaica Public Sevice Company (JPS). Ms Tomblin, I observed the great effort you and your team have been...
View ArticleWell said, Minister Thwaites
Dear Editor, The Love March Movement applauds the stance that Reverend Ronald Thwaites has taken against the distribution of condoms in high schools. As adolescents, we believe that facilitating sexual...
View ArticleThe JCF has basic entry requirements
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter to you from one Kemar Brown published on May 15 under the headline 'Why block police youth club members from joining the constabulary?'. Mr Brown alleges in...
View ArticleResist the fear-mongering cries of a coming Caribbean Sodom and Gomorrah
Dear Editor, I respond to the article headlined 'Belize case said being used to push gay agenda in Caribbean' of Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the Jamaica Observer. I am one of the lawyers who appeared in...
View ArticleThe wisdom of condoms in schools
Dear Editor, The wisdom of the ancients suggests that an ounce of prevention is always better than a pound of cure. As I assess certain recent pronouncements of the minister of education regarding...
View ArticleConsider Glenmuir policy a minimum standard
Dear Editor, I am in total support of the graduation policy of the Glenmuir High School, namely that persons who do not pass mathematics and English language at the fifth form should not be allowed to...
View ArticleYes, many of us have heard of Dr Don Shirley
Dear Editor, I would be remiss if I did not respond to your newspaper editorial on Wednesday May 15, 2013, "Ever heard of Dr Don Shirley, another great but forgotten Jamaican?" It concluded, "In the...
View ArticleCheapest energy solution isn't necessarily best
Dear Editor, I recently came across an article in the other Jamaican publication entitled "Leave 'em out" where members of the Jamaica Energy Council (JEC) were advocating excluding the post-closure...
View ArticleThe hilarious beckons of historians
Dear Editor, Many of our historians continue to advance very funny and strange arguments in their quest to have Britain and other European powers pay slavery reparations. One of the most hilarious...
View Article16 means fornication spree
Dear Editor, The agreement for the age of consent should be at 18 or 19, instead of 16. Not making this change is a big mistake, a national blunder in the face of rampant, wild and illicit sexual...
View ArticleLet the children play together
Dear Editor, It was with a great sense of disappointment that I read a letter by Bentley King under the headline 'Normal school not for teen baby mothers'. What was disappointing about it was that the...
View ArticleThe end of time
Dear Editor, Mankind is soon to be struck from the planet (Zachariah 13:8; Zephaniah 1 and 2). The pole shift and devastated dry planet of Isaiah 24-27 would explain this along with unprecedented...
View Article'Tuffy' Anderson deserves a chance
Dear Editor, I felt compelled to express my disapproval and discontent at the exclusion of Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson from the Reggae Boyz squad that has been assembled for a training camp in The...
View ArticleJamaica needs a leader who can also manage
Dear Editor, The migration of the Reverend Stanley Redwood, former president of the Senate, along with his family, once again brings into sharp focus the question of leadership. Mr. Redwood seemingly...
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