We need a change
Dear Editor, The prime minister of Barbados, Freundel Stewart, has repeated the following statement on innumerable occasions: "Barbados has the best civil service in the Caribbean." None should accuse...
View ArticleVybz over Kern
Dear Editor, I wonder what is behind some media houses' attempt to almost block out the trial of politician Kern Spencer with that of Vybz Kartel? Here we are in a country where the corruption index...
View ArticleOBSERVER ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Caribbean integration is not natural
Dear Editor: To take a stand is not hate. To demand respect is not hate. No one is demanding that anyone be let into Trinidad or any other place. We are simply saying that refusals should comply with...
View ArticleAre there Mandelas among us?
Dear Editor, There is a lesson for Jamaica to learned from the life of Nelson Mandela. Mandela placed the unity of his country over and above personal offences irrespective of how serious they were. In...
View ArticleWe need more access to WWW
Dear Editor, Jamaica's rate of Internet penetration is not very encouraging. Despite significant progress made over the last decade, it remains relatively low. In fact, St Lucia, at number 11, is the...
View Article'Out of place'
Dear Editor, As a Jamaican who considers Trinidad and Tobago his second home, I was disappointed beyond description when I read an article in the Trinidad Guardian, published on December 4, 2013,...
View ArticleHypocrisy among our people in celebrating world heroes
Dear Editor, I am extremely peeved at seeing persons across the and length and breadth of Jamaica, and across the globe, being ever so quick to extensively highlight and celebrate the extraordinary...
View ArticleThe youth need help
Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks, I have been reading about the surge in crime and violence in Jamaica. I acknowledge that many of the points raised are worth examining, especially that of the...
View ArticleSome of us still mail postcards
Dear Editor, The tradition of sending postcards at Christmas is nearly as old as the celebration of Christmas itself. Sending postcards may seem like a waste of time to some, especially in today's...
View ArticleWho speaks for us?
Dear Editor, I am convinced that if Jamaicans had not threatened to boycott goods coming from Trinidad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have remained totally unconcerned about the issues which...
View ArticleMandela — man of unparalleled courage
Throughout the ages, human beings have been blessed with the emergence of outstanding leaders, but none has been more eminent and distinguished than Nelson Mandela. There is no doubt his death on...
View ArticlePlan rail into the hub
Dear Editor, The Government is touting the logistics hub, but is at the same time making it less likely to succeed, are they crazy? Based on our location in the world, I'm all for the logistics hub —...
View ArticleWhy an exclusive bus service for civil servants?
Dear Editor, As the country struggles to cope with the tight fiscal and monetary situation that challenges both the public and the private sectors, l find it extremely difficult to reconcile the...
View ArticleMugabe can learn from Mandela
Dear Editor, When world leaders gather today in South Africa for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, one notable African leader will no doubt be present -- Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. A presumed freedom...
View ArticleLearn from Madiba!
Dear Editor, On December 5, 2013, one day before Finland celebrates 96 years of independence from USSR, I heard the sad news that one of the most admired men on earth had passed on. While it is true...
View ArticleMandela's life made others live
Dear Editor, The culture of a man's spirit and soul is the DNA of his being, and the fibre of his intellect is the essence of character. In Nelson Mandela humanity found a being of noble character...
View ArticleFrequent-flying PM
Dear Editor, The PM's frequent absences/travels have seemingly gone unnoticed. But, to my great relief, the Opposition has seen it and is questioning it. Wasn't it recently that approximately 80 per...
View ArticleMy Christmas angels
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, 4th December 2013, at approximately 11:40 am I had left the Jamaica Conference Centre and was walking along Port Royal Street towards King Street. The road was lonely but...
View ArticleDark days of Christmas in Ja
Dear Editor, I remember it well, growing up in the rural parts of Portland. At Christmastime we would all look forward to the lights, food, carols and the Christmas spirit that hovered in the air....
View ArticleSouth Africa's journey to freedom not over
Dear Editor, For all his time free and leading the fight against evil apartheid, and most of his time in incarceration, Nelson Mandela was labelled a "terrorist" by Western governments. That they...
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