ONLINE READERS COMMENT: What's an 'Off-Duty' Policeman?
Dear Editor, All cops should be defined as being on duty all the time because you have to take some action if you see an offence being committed. If you don't you can be brought before the court and...
View ArticleWhen will the change begin?
Dear Editor,"Nobody did anything because everyone was waiting on somebody to do something.""He said that she said that...""If he does not, then why should I?" I wonder if slavery would ever have come...
View ArticleMore to bank fees that they are saying
Dear Editor, Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has chimed in and seems to justify the high fees and charges that commercial banks levy on their customers. No one will disagree that banks should...
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Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Sunday Observer for the article 'Clancy Watson focuses on his craft after prison setback' in yesterday's edition. It is really great that we are featuring this...
View ArticleOpen letter to CHEC
Dear Editor, As you clearly know there is grave concern about your planned development of the Goat Islands in the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA). We have been to your website and note that you...
View ArticleHelp Harbour View preserve its good name
Dear Editor, In recent times, sections of the media, perhaps inadvertently, have been naming Harbour View as the location for some serious acts of criminality, including murder and arson. For the...
View ArticleWhat is the cost of the Chinese currency to Jamaica?
Dear Editor, When will we, as a nation, begin to stand on our own feet instead of looking for a benefactor to solve our problems? When will we come to the conclusion that our problems are of our making...
View ArticleTruly, the barbarity must end!
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your editorial of January 31, 2014 entitled "This barbarity must end! Get rid of the scum!" I have argued for some time that we have to take a more cerebral and...
View ArticleMan can live in peace, what of Jamaica?
Dear Editor, One of the wisest exhortations I have ever read is "Man, know thyself". We are fortunate that diverse research — scientific and spiritual — has provided indications as to how man should be...
View ArticleA people with a lost identity
Dear Editor, It is Black History Month again. I wonder how many Afro-Jamaicans remember that or even celebrate it? Jamaicans must be aware of the fact that 95 per cent of the Jamaican population are of...
View ArticleOld guard holding on for life
Dear Editor, How unfortunate it is that the political arena in Jamaica has restricted, or made very difficult, the entry of new players into the ring. The continual struggle with a failing economy, the...
View ArticleFear has us by the throat
Dear Editor, Many people are not willing to watch the news anymore because there is more bad news than good news. When you watch television and read newspapers you are fed a steady diet of crime and...
View ArticleMaybe we should start over
Dear Editor, Recently, Finance Minister Peter Phillips made a very profound statement. He said that when Jamaica wanted new loans from foreign lending agencies some of them were of the view that more...
View ArticleNon-disclosure agreement protects OUR
Dear Editor, Print and electronic media have been swirling with excitement surrounding the EWI and the OUR's process of due diligence in opening up the issue of responsible action on the part of any...
View ArticleTufton, a man of action
Dear Editor, I note with tremendous interest and consternation the assertions made by Hugh Buchanan, who successfully challenged for the SW St Elizabeth seat, which I formerly held for the Jamaica...
View ArticleNever again must such a thing happen
Dear Editor, For those of you who are interested in history and are really curious to know what slavery possibly was like, check out this cinematographic masterpiece, Twelve Years A Slave by Steve...
View ArticleThe right to vote or not
Dear Editor, Approximately 46 per cent of Jamaica's voting age population actually participates. In Barbados 69 per cent, Trinidad 77 per cent, United Kingdom 61 per cent, and United States 55 per...
View ArticleWho watches the watchdog?
Dear Editor, After reading Orville Silvera's letter titled "Non-disclosure agreement protects OUR" I must exclaim I am in total agreement with his reasoning. I have often wondered about these so-called...
View ArticleDon't reinvent the wheel, look to Finland
Dear Editor, The relatively small Scandinavian country of Finland is usually at the top of international education rankings. However, this pride of place did not happen by chance. Over 20 years ago, a...
View ArticleCrime — Jamaica's perfect storm
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to several recent letters addressing the issue of crime in Jamaica. Crime occurs in Jamaica because we currently have the perfect storm of malignant socio-economic...
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