Angel 'Baba' to the rescue
Dear Editor, It appears I have road angels hovering wherever I travel on Jamaica's roads. I bring to your attention the most recent case in which I was returning from the Sangster International...
View ArticleOur own did not sell us into slavery
Dear Editor, It was recently reported that our Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said in response to questions about her overseas travels out of the state's purse to an African nation that: "Fifty...
View ArticleCaribbean nationals not eligible for reparations
Dear Editor, I have seen many articles in this paper claiming reparations for slavery, but Britian does not owe reparations to Caribbean nationals. It is simple. The British did nothing wrong when they...
View ArticlePM should account for every dollar
Dear Editor, It was with some dissatisfaction I read the Jamaica Observer article 'Travel brawl' on February 12, 2014. The debate over the PMs frequent trips since taking office has been ongoing for...
View ArticleLIME gets it right
Dear Editor, Since last Friday, February 7, 2014 I had been experiencing problems with my Internet service. On the day in question I made a formal report to my Internet service provider LIME. I was...
View ArticleSenator Reid shows courage
Dear Editor, Senator Ruel Reid should be commended for his courageous statements on restricting the number of children one can have, instead of the condemnation he is receiving from some. As different...
View ArticleThe safest sex
Dear Editor, The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has declared this week "Safe sex week" with the aim to push contraceptives, encourage HIV-testing and conduct activities deemed relevant for safer...
View ArticleWho are corner crews?
Dear Sir, I usually support most of the initiatives and campaigns of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ). I believe the protection of human rights is a necessary spoke in the wheel of democracy. However, I...
View ArticleWe must regulate banking fees
Dear Editor, Jamaica's two largest banks are not just making profits, they are making super profits, all in the midst of a recession. Profit isn't a dirty word, but when we examine what the banks and...
View ArticleONLINE READERS COMMENT: Laws are needed to bar violent music, lewd lyrics
Dear Editor, People are willing to give up their rights to get justice. In the end they will have neither their rights nor justice. I despise the music of this guy (Tommy Lee), as well as that of most...
View ArticleCondom sex not truly safe sex
Dear Editor, Imagine a classroom of high school pupils and a teacher warning them about the dangers of smoking. Instead of explicitly instructing the children not to smoke cigarettes and stressing how...
View ArticleDeal with the whole cake of immorality
Dear Editor, The lobby for the tolerance of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders continues, and there are many of us who just cannot come to grips with why people would push so hard for persons...
View ArticleJamaica certainly not China
Dear Editor, China's Tiajin Municipality is now easing its one-child policy and Senator Ruel Reid is now pushing for a two-child policy in Jamaica. Tiajin is the fourth city in China to ease this...
View ArticleMadam Fly Minister
Dear Editor, Madam Fly Minister, I have heard that you are leaving on the next plane and we don't know when you'll be back again. Madam Fly Minister, you should take care with the taxpayers' purse or...
View ArticleOh, for a Force we can trust
Dear Editor, In view of the disconcerting reports I hear and read about incidents involving officers of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), I am daily finding it increasingly difficult to believe it...
View ArticleJoin the call for a “change” in the Force
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Observer of 17th February 2014 carried an article titled ‘Senior cop urges colleagues to change the way they operate’. Superintendent Fitz Bailey, bishop of the Bible Truth...
View ArticleGood job, Dr Marcia Thomas-Powell
Dear Editor, At a time when society is in a state of depression and disintegration; a time when everyone is so stressed by the realities of this life and are prone to violence as a means of solving...
View ArticleRosa Parks: Mother of the civil rights movement
Dear Editor, It is quite fitting that we should remember the remarkable and incomparable achievement of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks during Black History Month, since February 4 marked the 100th...
View ArticleWhen I was a child...
Dear Editor, While growing up I thought that the best minister of education should be someone with a PhD in that discipline; the best minister of health a doctor; the best minister of agriculture...
View ArticleA travesty of Olympic proportions
Dear Editor, When is free-to-air TV not free? Answer: When SportsMax is allowed to buy the rights to the Winter Olympics and force anyone in Jamaica without a "satellite system", who wants to watch it,...
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