Transformational leadership vs 'Anancyism'
Dear Editor, In light of the recent revelation that Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) senators had to sign an undated "pre-nuptial" agreement stating that they would not vote with the government on the...
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Dear Editor: In my humble opinion, this (13 Jamaicans being turned away from Trinidad) has nothing to do with you guys being Jamaican and everything to do with them being Trinidadians. I am Grenadian...
View ArticleThe youth need true patriotism
Dear Editor, On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 I had the opportunity to attend a forum at the UWI Undercroft hosted by the UWI Mona Guild of Students and National Integrity Action in honour of...
View ArticleShaw should challenge again
Dear Editor, I think Audley Shaw should wheel and come again and challenge Andrew Holness next year for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Why would I make such an outrageous suggestion?...
View ArticleWhere is it safe to smoke?
Dear Editor, I saw Peter last Thursday. He was looking quite stressed. He was having a bad case of sinusitis. He had to be better by Saturday as he had an important meeting. He was still smoking. Since...
View ArticleHolness must fulfil mandate given to him
Dear Editor, I fully support the actions being taken by Andrew Holness to validate his leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and prepare the party to fulfil the mandate which he was given on...
View ArticleNo comment
Dear Editor, Once again the prime minister's contempt for the people of Jamaica was shown on yesterday (Thursday, November 21, 2013) when she refused to answer questions from members of the press...
View ArticleDon't have babies you can't afford
Dear Editor, Am I unreasonable to think that women and men need to start taking into account their income levels before deciding to have children they can't afford to maintain? Too often, mothers, and...
View ArticleAre undated resignation letters even legal?
Dear Editor, The recent "outing" of former senators Arthur Williams and Christopher Tufton with the use of undated resignation letters, signed when they were appointed to the Upper House, raises the...
View ArticleHow has Vybz Kartel kept up his colour?
Dear Editor, Let me start off by saying that I have no opinion regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused, Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer regarding the killing of Clive "Lizard" Williams. This...
View ArticleNational Youth Policy a work in progress
Dear Editor, Please allow us to update on the National Youth Policy revision process which was the subject of a letter published on Friday, November 8, 2013 headlined 'Sill no revised National Youth...
View ArticleOBSERVER ONLINE READERS' COMMENTS/VIEWS: The press has spoilt the PNP
Dear Editor,"Play with puppy, puppy lick your mouth". Over the decades the press has placed the People’s National Party (PNP) and their leaders on a pedestal and have made them the untouchables in our...
View ArticleDanger on our streets
Among the notices at church last Sunday, was an item informing of an attack on a member who was out jogging. This attack was carried out by a machete-wielding man who appeared to be of unsound mind. It...
View ArticleNatural disasters
Dear Editor, Natural disasters are deadly and dangerous sweepers and hitters of deaths. They are very famous and consistent in creating unbearable agonies on humanity. They have no mercy, no...
View ArticlePM must be kept safe... even from press
Dear Editor, The recent "confrontation" between Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Vashon Brown, a Television Jamaica reporter, is very unfortunate and ought not to have occurred for a number of...
View ArticleUnfair JUTC bus lane
Dear Editor, As passengers suffer lengthy delays and bus drivers cry, the State-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses enjoy free movement along a section of the Mandela Highway. The JUTC has...
View ArticleBetween a rock and a hard place
Dear Editor, Events of recent weeks should have reinforced to all well-thinking Jamaicans just how doomed we, as a people, are unless we reduce our reliance on politicians and cease to expect that...
View ArticleGive me back my Jamaican passport
Dear Editor, In 1973, I participated as a member of the Jamaican contingent in the Trinidad leg of the Annual Cadet Exchange Programme. Our campground was at Chaguaramas Bay — a stone's throwaway from...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end of Caricom
Dear Editor, Regional integration is not a concept that most Jamaicans support due to the insular nature of islands like Trinidad and Barbados, and their lack of respect for Jamaican nationals....
View ArticleOBSERVER ONLINE READERS' COMMENTS: Wake up Jamaica our country’s a mess!
Dear Editor: We need to wake up to the reality that our country is in an economic and social mess, and we need to fix it. We cannot take offence to this statement (Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of...
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