Act now on the Observer editorial... for law and order
Dear Editor, Well, well, wonders never cease. China's former Communist leader Chairman Mao once noted that "diehards are hard but not hard unto death". For a long time I was sure that he said that only...
View Article#YardieinT&T
Dear Editor, It is quite unfortunate that the situation of 13 Jamaicans being turned away by Trinidad and Tobago immigration officials has escalated the tensions between these two islands. I, along...
View ArticleJamaica's real leadership challenge
Dear Editor, Jamaica has a prime minister who is afraid of the press and a leader of the Opposition who dislikes bright people, interesting. Now, if you are a bright journalist you will have a hard...
View Article#teamCaribbean
Dear Editor, As a Trinidad and Tobago national studying journalism in Jamaica, I think it is time I make my comments on this issue of the 13 Jamaican nationals being denied entry into Trinidad,...
View ArticleOBSERVER ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Busta caused all of this Caribbean disunity
Dear Editor, In a way, this is the chickens coming home to roost. If Jamaica, under [Alexander] Bustamante, had not sabotaged the Caribbean Federation, this ‘crab in a barrel’ mentality among the...
View ArticleOBSERVER ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Bolt should not strike!
Dear Editor, Has anyone ever asked (Usain) Bolt what would be his alternative to a strike? Instead of assassinating the man's character, we should ask him to clarify his statement. Bolt has done more...
View ArticleWhere are the jobs?
Dear Editor, On the three-day journey from August 9-11, there were over 1,000 enthused NCU graduates, while earlier in this month there were over 1,500 graduates from the University of the West Indies,...
View ArticleJournalists need a manual
Dear Sir Editor , I was there in Rose Town for the incident on 21st Novemember that involved Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and a journalist, who insisted on a interview with her about Richard...
View ArticleDisappointed in Senator Johnson-Smith
Dear Editor, Today, I am more than disappointed with Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith. After hearing her contribution in the Senate on the motion to have teenage mothers returned...
View ArticleUnfair call, Dr Gomes
Dear Editor, The recent call for the head of the commissioner of police by Dr Carolyn Gomes of Jamaicans for Justice is most unfair and unjustified. She inherently submits that the murder rate for 2013...
View ArticleLet mercy abound
Dear Editor, The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven, it is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes Tis mightier than the mightiest, It...
View ArticleSafe movement for all
Dear Editor, As a motorist driving through the streets of Kingston, it burns my heart to see wheelchair-bound individuals competing with motor vehicles for space on the streets. Truth be told, there is...
View ArticleI heard hope...
Dear Editor, I saw hope last night. I heard hope last night in St William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, at the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation's Annual Christmas Tree Lighting event. All in...
View ArticleCaricom unity at risk
Dear Editor, If the 13 Jamaicans who were sent back from Trinidad by immigration authority have legitimate cases they should have sought the help of their embassy in Trinidad and contacted the Ministry...
View ArticleThis banner of consensus
Dear Editor, We must be wary of persons who propagate the gospel of consensus, because we do not know their true intentions. The prime minister and members of her Administration enjoy using terms like...
View ArticleMore options to fix JUTC than fare increases
Dear Editor, As a member of the commuting public, I am very glad to have heard that Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has bent the corner and is on the road to greater viability. However, like most...
View ArticleTreat them as they treat us
Dear Editor, I was appalled by the way in which immigration officials in Trinidad treated 13 Jamaicans recently, denying them entry into that country. Though I was not a part of that group I feel...
View ArticleGood move, Shelly
Dear Editor, The World Anti-Doping Agency has made a firm and definitive statement that if we (Jamaica) don't fix our drug testing and monitoring programme we will be barred from the 2013 Olympic...
View ArticleNo United States of the Caribbean
Dear Editor, A basic tenet of democracy is that it is the will of the people that prevails or, as Edmund Barton put it, "..creating a nation requires the will of the people". Here in the Caribbean, we...
View ArticleOur great history is not recorded
Dear Editor, Recently I got a framed photograph — left behind by a deceased person "Cutty"— of former boxing champions Leon Spinks, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Mohammed Ali — the...
View Article