If J'cans treat foreigners like this they will lose more
Dear Editor, My family went out to play last Saturday, but the things that happened made us very unhappy. In the morning, we travelled to Spanish Town to visit historic sites. I stopped my car at the...
View ArticleA coat of paint
Dear Editor, No Government by itself, of whichever party, will extract Jamaica from the economic recession we are now experiencing. It will therefore be up to every Jamaican, at home and abroad, to...
View ArticleJa, where did we really go wrong?
Dear Editor,"Give us vision lest we perish" are words from our country's national anthem, beautifully composed by Hon Hugh Sherlock, et al. I often think that it must have been a great day for those...
View ArticleRastas should be the last to discriminate
Dear Editor, In recent times quite a number of Rastafarian artistes have found themselves being blacklisted as promoting hatred against homosexuals, and indeed, other minorities. It is interesting how...
View ArticleChallenge your comrade peacefully
Dear Editor, What is the principal reason Mr Shaw wants to challenge Mr Holness for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party? Are they operating like two contentious rivals? Wouldn't it be better for...
View ArticleLet the people vote this time
Dear Editor, To every leader across the world who speaks from the platform of democracy, it would be regarded as the practice of egalitarianism, freedom of choice and the birth-child of Universal Adult...
View ArticleRein them in, Andrew
Dear Editor, While youthful exuberance may be excusable in some quarters, it is without a doubt inexcusable and unacceptable within and around the shores of the Jamaica Labour Party. Andrew Holness...
View ArticleUtter disgrace, Mr Holness
Dear Editor, In 2011, after many years of rejecting the electoral process, I voted for the first time in a general election. I voted for a leader who posited that he was a new type of leader. A leader...
View ArticleWho will rescue this building?
Dear Editor, A few years ago, this building used to be a vibrant commercial entity that once housed a dry cleaning establishment. Over time, things have changed. For many months it brandished a 'for...
View ArticleThe salt of the Earth
Dear Editor, It seems that there are factions in our society, and even abroad in other countries, that seem not to want to hear from God or the things of his church. I would like to endorse the...
View ArticleChallenge your comrade peacefully
Dear Editor, What is the principal reason Mr Shaw wants to challenge Mr Holness for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party? Are they operating like two contentious rivals? Wouldn't it be better for...
View ArticleHelp, heterosexuals being victimised!
Dear Editor, The age-old plea by gay rights organisations has long been fulfilled, so why do they continue to target the heterosexual community? I must admit that there was a time when gay people were...
View ArticleAngry and disappointed at RGD
Dear Editor, I visited the Twickenham Park offices of the Registrar General's Department on Wednesday August 21, 2013 and applied for my mother's death certificate. I opted for the express service,...
View ArticleRun a new-day campaign
Dear Editor, I will never forget watching the Obama Presidential campaign of 2007/8 and 2012, it was a lesson in political strategy, burying the archaic methods of yesteryear of how to win elections...
View ArticleIt can't be jobs at any cost
Dear Editor, I am always fascinated by Omar Davies' belief in his own smartness. To some it could come across as arrogance, but he is so amiable. He tells us that the biggest threat to the environment...
View ArticleIt's about reform, not jobs
Dear Editor, The Bank of Jamaica's latest economic report has indicated Jamaica's fifth quarter of contraction and, based on STATIN's research, unemployment is now up to 16.3%. While there is renewed...
View ArticleWe need the contractor!... at Sabina
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Tallawahs have delivered. Congratulations! They stuck to their guns and lived up their name by displaying a resilient spirit. And, with the help of good team management and...
View ArticleUse successful principals to supervise others
Dear Editor, After having a series of consultations with a friend of mine, Carlton Bryan --who is a guidance counsellor -- I was taken up with his enormous insight and great vision for education in...
View ArticleIs all this charity above board
Dear Editor, We have a lot of businesses and other charitable donors giving back and making contributions to support schools and other charitable causes. Are these charitable donors allowed to write...
View ArticleNo farewell to God
Dear Editor,"Atheism's farewell to God," (Sunday Observer, August 25, 2013) by the Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands was a welcoming response to The Gleaner's "Goodbye God..." (August 16,...
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