Clearing the air on JDIP, MDIP
Dear Editor, Reference is made to a story entitled "JDIP gives way to MIDP" published in the Jamaica Observer dated Friday, August 9, 2013. In the interest of fairness and clarity, I would like to...
View ArticleRev Ashley Smith worthy of OJ
Dear Editor, The decision to confer the Order of Jamaica on Reverend Ashley Smith is indeed a fitting tribute and highest recognition for the outstanding contribution that he has made to the history...
View ArticleBaptist Manse was already on the mend
Dear Editor, I read the article "UTech opens Western Campus HQ at historic Baptist Manse" in yesterday's (August 15) edition and wish to make the following addition. Renovation/preservation of the...
View ArticleHow about reinventing yourselves?
Dear Editor, I was a bit startled to read the Observer news report "Reinvent yourselves, Thwaites tells unemployed teachers" on August 5, 2013. The minister of education, speaking at a job fair at the...
View ArticleSchools more than CXC results
Dear Editor, As a high school teacher, I believe that it is wrong to measure schools by CXC results alone. There are many factors that affect a student's preformance at school and in exams. The schools...
View ArticleBeliefs kill, but do they cure?
Dear Editor, Of late we Jamaicans have been flirting with the idea of "divine intervention for crime reduction" as stated by National Security Minister Peter Bunting. Prior to advancing along this...
View ArticleJustice for West Kingston residents
Dear Editor, Parliament is now in summer recess, but it is significant that the member of parliament for West Kingston, Mr Desmond McKenzie, has failed to ask for a debate about what Government intends...
View ArticleCDA's role must be made clear
Dear Editor, Help JA Children (HJC) continues to be concerned about the ambiguity surrounding the role of the Child Development Agency (CDA) in the care and protection of the nation's most vulnerable...
View ArticleJustice for West Kingston residents
Dear Editor, Parliament is now in summer recess, but it is significant that the member of parliament for West Kingston, Mr Desmond McKenzie, has failed to ask for a debate about what Government intends...
View ArticleBe like Garvey
Dear Editor, On August 17, 1887, St Ann gave birth to Marcus Mosiah Gavey Jnr. This man later became a journalist, publisher, councillor, founder of Jamaica's first modern political party (People's...
View ArticleJob fair was insult to injury
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education Job Fair was a slap in the face to trained, unemployed teachers. Many frustrated unemployed teachers journeyed from as far as Hanover to the Ministry of Education...
View ArticleFor Messrs Ellington and Bunting
Dear Editor, We are issuing a challenge to Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington and a call to minister of national security Peter Bunting. We are challenging CP Ellington to deny the following: 1....
View ArticleWell done, Shelly-Ann
Dear Editor, We tend to hear more about male athletes and their success than women — for some strange reason. Jamaicans everywhere were excited and just beaming over Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce triple...
View ArticleUnfair ranking of schools
Dear Editor, Recently, Educatejamaica.org published a report highlighting the "best" and "poorest" performing schools in the island. Schools were ranked based on the number of students graduated with...
View ArticleWe are the champions of the world... again
Dear Editor, The 14th IAAF World Championships are over. The medals have been awarded. The amiable and attentive hosts could, on the basis of quality of medals, claim victory. The Americans, who got...
View ArticleGood Champs, but what of the race for development?
Dear Editor, The dust has once more begun to settle and the flickering particles shine in a complexion reminiscent of golden texture. This texture perhaps has been gleaned from the quality of medals...
View ArticleDeployment of math experts flawed
Dear Editor, Unless the right persons are deployed in the various areas of the educational sphere, areas of critical importance will not achieve set targets in relation to national policies and...
View ArticleJamaica loses another stripe
Dear Editor, I saw something unfold online which amazed me just as much as that brilliant final relay leg run by our very own Javon Francis at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia. A poster in...
View ArticleTaxpayers held hostage in impasse
Dear Editor, I went to the Constant Spring Office of the Inland Revenue Department on Monday, August 19 to collect a Taxpayer Registration Number (TRN), which I had applied for in mid July. I was told...
View ArticleWill Messrs Bunting and Ellington rise to Mr Levy's challenge?
Dear Editor, Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) strongly endorses the calls and the challenge contained in the letter from Mr Horace Levy published in your newspaper on Sunday, August 18, 2013. JFJ too has...
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