Don't gloat over 'sheep stealing', reach out to your flock
Dear Editor, The 2012 census is out, and comments from many quarters have been aired, some of which question the exclusion of pertinent information, and some with a certain "we are better than them"...
View ArticleHalloween hypocrisy
Dear Editor, The double standards and the hypocrisy in this society get to me sometimes. I think we live in a country that is conveniently Christian. Now, granted I am not a Christian, it seems like...
View ArticleHappy to have LIME
Dear Editor, After every storm there is indeed a calm. Now that Hurricane Sandy has passed, in the scurry to clean up whatever damage we have suffered and check on our family and friends, I must say...
View ArticleWhy honour politicians?
Dear Editor, I would like to commend columnist Mark Wignall on an excellent article, "A card pack of jokers on Seaga", in the Sunday Observer of October 14, 2012 . We do not always see eye to eye, but...
View ArticleRein in the gunmen
Dear Editor, There was a time in Jamaica when no one carried a gun, not even the average policeman - a baton was sufficient. Individuals could hardly get a licence, and so even within the reach of...
View ArticleUse Sandy to refocus on growing the economy
With the devastating effect of Hurricane Sandy on the lives of many Jamaicans, we must now more than ever, re-focus on growing the economy. Focus must be around areas where we have a competitive...
View ArticleLiving in flood-prone areas should be banned
Dear Editor, With the passage of Hurricane Sandy we are now assessing the damage done to the country. But I am astonished that most of the badly affected areas and people generally share the same...
View ArticleDesignate October National Heritage Month
Dear Editor, Two well-tested adages are: "A people without a knowledge of their history is like a tree without its roots," and "None but ourselves can free our minds." In fact, these are both quotes...
View ArticleCensus figures do not correlate
Dear Editor, The data presented in the 2011 population census published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), do not correlate in a number of instances, and for these reasons doubts will be...
View ArticleAmerica might well favour Romney
Dear Editor, Now that the US election is at fever-pitch excitement and President Obama has a slight edge in the electoral votes, the Republican hate groups, surrogates and racist groups are pulling out...
View ArticleThe punishment exceeds the crime
Dear Editor, Fans of the Reggae Boyz one morning woke up to the news that UK-based striker Marlon King and another player were suspended for two matches, having reportedly broken a team curfew. Rule...
View ArticleJamaica's religious affiliation not surprising
Dear Editor, The 2011 census report on religious affiliation reveals that the masses of the Jamaican people gravitate towards revivalism, pentecostalism, evangelicalism and the charismatic churches...
View ArticleThose census figures
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter in the Jamaica Observer of October 30, "Census figures do not correlate". For census purposes the island is divided into small geographic areas called enumeration...
View ArticleMeathead and Burke
Dear Editor, I was surprised to see my online persona, "Meathead", criticised in the Jamaica Observer column, "As Einstein defined insanity ..." The author, Michael Burke, objected to my disparagement...
View ArticleIt gets better each time at Sandals
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the chairman of Sandals International Resorts, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart. Dear Mr Stewart, After 46 trips it was bound to happen. We were at Sandals Montego Bay...
View ArticleGovernment is not a fairy godmother - help yourselves!
Dear Editor, Have our politicians become our new "gods"? I ask the question because it seems that many Jamaicans no longer look to God, or to themselves with God's help, to solve their problems or meet...
View ArticlePNP going back to 1970's practices?
Dear Editor, A media report states that PNP adherents in the Hanover area have been demanding from the government more and better information regarding transactions with the IMF. In response, the...
View ArticlePolice force needs discipline
Dear Editor, Re the story "Cops shoot at senior policeman's vehicle" by Kimmo Matthews in the Jamaica Observer of October 31, I am happy nothing happened to Superintendent Derrick Knight, but now that...
View ArticleChristianity
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter in the Jamaica Observer of October 31 addressing the country's religious affiliation. The writer is misinformed as to the advent of Christianity....
View ArticleUnlikely IMF will be more favourable after Sandy
Dear Editor, Our government - not the International Monetary Fund - has made three proposals that will enable us to draw down on much-needed aid, if we fulfil them. But with the passing of hurricane...
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