Apologize or be left in the dog house
Dear Editor, I read an article that indicates Mr Doran Dixon's reluctance and stubborness to apologize to the minister of education for his most unfortunate use of a mongrel dog analogy. There is...
View ArticleAn all-time low in crime
Dear Editor, The crime wave which is now sweeping the country is unbearable. The security minister has given up. He has thrown his hands up in exasperation, seeking divine intervention. The last time I...
View ArticleWife and husband business
Dear Editor, Though I have no cock in this fight between these two lovers — the People's Nation Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) — I will attempt to persuade others not to enter...
View ArticleTrained nurses lay idle
Dear Editor, It has been about nine months since my long-awaited graduation from university. Much so, it is quite unsettling to think that after four hard years of a college experience, with that...
View ArticleThwaites misunderstood, says Church
Dear Editor, The debacle in which the Jamaica Teachers' Association and the mnister of education find themselves begs for much clarity and reconciliation, both for the sake of the nation's education...
View ArticleAttorney General blunders again
Someone needs to explain to me why the Portia Simpson-led Administration has kept Patrick Atkinson as the Attorney General of Jamaica. Mr Atkinson has thus far presided over the pension opinion muddle,...
View ArticleFollow Russia's example
Dear Editor, I commend Russia for banning all foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children. Men and women with homosexual tendencies must be accepted with respect, compassion and...
View ArticleWhither Indian Arrival Day
Dear Editor, The month of May marks the 168th year of arrival of Indian indentured immigrants (and Hindu presence) to Jamaica to supply cheap labour to sugar estates. On May 10, 1845, the SS Blundell...
View ArticleFocus on the issue, JTA
Dear Editor, The clash between the minister of education and the Jamaica Teachers' Association must not be allowed to obscure the core issue — the needed transformation of education in Jamaica. The...
View ArticleCG, you still there?
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Office of the Contractor General: Was the new Contractor General chosen for his silence? Admittedly, we became used to a contractor general who perhaps spoke...
View ArticleLooking the Chinese gift horse in the mouth
Dear Editor, No one can deny that the world today is nowhere near what it was like 20, or even 10, years ago. What with the Internet, cloning, 9/11, and a rover landing on Mars; we are living in times...
View ArticleBasket fi St Thomas quarry...
Dear Editor, I share the sentiments as Keith Walker as quoted in the Observer on Sunday, May 26, about the crumbling of the quarrying industry in St Thomas: "After 35 years this is the worst I have...
View ArticleDixon's 10 minutes of fame
Dear Editor, Has it occurred to anyone that we're all playing into Doran Dixon's hands by rewarding him for his Neanderthal behaviour with daily headlines and TV interviews, making him a media star...
View ArticleYouth owed nothing
Dear Editor, Our nation’s youth are in a very sad state and will remain there until they get rid of the notion that somebody owes them something. It is like a disease that has been left untreated....
View ArticleThink, Eat, Save: Reduce Your Foodprint
Dear Editor, We live in a world of plenty, where food production outstrips demand, yet 870 million people are undernourished and childhood stunting is a silent pandemic. To create the future we want,...
View ArticlePills for the sick
Dear Editor, Yesterday I got a call from a senior citizen, aged 82, asking me to stop by on my way to work. When I did so, I was given a prescription for her daughter who has been mentally ill for over...
View ArticleLabour law primitive view of women
Dear Editor, I note with interest Labour Minister Derrick Kellier's contribution to the 2013 Sectoral Debate wherein he made reference to the required amendment of, among other laws, the Women...
View ArticleJustice for judges
Dear Editor: Once again we have heard another remark from agent of the state the Commission of Police commenting on the perceived ease with which alleged criminals receive bail. Not that I share the...
View ArticleClean your own house first, Mr Commissioner
Dear Editor, Commissioner Owen Ellington has laid out his road map for achieving Vision 2030, it is thought-provoking, analytical, well-researched, offers a perspective and comparison with Wilmot...
View ArticleNWC causing gastro
Dear Editor, National Water Commission is causing the gastro epidemic. Since the drought started and the country have been having water lock-offs, whether scheduled or otherwise, the quality of the...
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