Minister of Daggering Roger Clarke
Dear Editor, I was shell-shocked when I saw the picture of Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke daggering one of his Comrades at a party meeting at Port Antonio High School. This behaviour is unbecoming...
View ArticleUtter nonsense
Dear Editor, That any list would rank Lisa Hanna as the fourth worst politician in the world is utter nonsense. She is not a world leader, just a single minister in a government that has oversight for...
View ArticleDear JLP
Dear Editor, Dear JLP, calm down. Take a breath. I don't think I'm the only one not making much of a fuss about this possible leadership challenge in your party. Yes, I get that it is the first time in...
View ArticleWho will protect the children?
Dear Editor, A nation that doesn't care for its children is unconcerned about its own future. With the reopening of schools we are again faced with our children having to traverse dangerous roadways in...
View ArticleUtterly refreshing, BoJ
At the end of the month, Friday, August 30, at 12:30 pm, people of every description filtered through the doors of Bank of Jamaica to see The Company dance theatre perform live. With the lunch-break...
View ArticleGood Samaritans still exist
Dear Editor, I wish to extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr Marlon Johnson of the Norman Manley International Airport. I was en route to Grand Cayman Islands on 1st September 2013, but was...
View ArticleSo unfortunate, Carl Lewis
Dear Editor, The great man Usain Bolt's efforts to stimulate and maintain stability and morality in the track and field arena, particularly in the sprints, have not impacted certain people across the...
View ArticleBe true to yourself
Dear Editor, According to Oprah Winfrey, in order to succeed "you have to be 100 per cent of yourself". In other words, don't try to be someone else. I have my doubts about the 100 per cent...
View ArticleHub: To be or not to be?
Dear Editor, The controversy over the planned logistics hub for Goat Islands has been raging for several weeks now. It is said that part of the plan is the levelling of Goat Islands, which is actually...
View ArticleShine a light on the $55-m cameras
Dear Editor, Jamaican taxpayers need to ask for an audit into the $55 million allegedly spent on surveillance cameras for Montego Bay. I did my own research on CCTV and surveillance cameras, because it...
View ArticleGo to school, Warmington
Dear Editor, Some people want to think that environmentalists are only people eating fine food, drinking expensive wines and driving around in big petrol-sucking cars. It is not like that, and I am of...
View ArticleIs there a Goat Islands lease?
Dear Editor, A little bit of research has revealed some interesting facts about a current topic of interest. All of this is publicly available information. The fact that the Goat Islands and...
View ArticleObama, Syria and profiling
Dear Editor, Obama has made a move that we should all applaud as a respect for due process, in refusing to attack the Syrian regime before getting the approval of Congress. The world has become a much...
View ArticleTo a specific audience, for a specific purpose
Dear Editor, Contrary to popular belief, the Bible is not an easy book to understand, and it is for this reason why some have used it for good, while others, within the same context, have used it for...
View ArticleWhat is the retirement age for our politicians?
Dear Editor, I believe that it is morally wrong for our political leaders to enforce a law that states that women must retire at age 60 and men at 65 within the private and public sectors. In Jamaica,...
View ArticleSigns of the times
Dear Editor, That Jamaica's Prime Minister Mrs Portia Simpson Miller has been named as a potential world leader is neither good nor bad, in itself. It may be significant, however, along with the naming...
View ArticlePersuading the Chinese
Dear Editor, The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) holds the titles for the Goat Islands and it follows that the head of this organisation must have some significant influence in the discussions and...
View ArticleLet's use the research to help
Dear Editor, Now that the CSEC and CAPE results are out and the usual ranking of schools showing the pass rates of each, what I would ask of those who do this is that they tell us the weaknesses of the...
View ArticleTake out Assad too
Dear Editor, Even though the United States and France (and possibly others) are only planning a very limited war against President Assad of Syria, I think that they should go all the way and take out...
View ArticleThe meat of the JLP challenge
Dear Editor, Since political parties are national institutions and not private clubs we expect the Jamaica Labour Party to have a greater appreciation for democracy. But it is well known that...
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