Coal, coal go away
Dear Editor, I'm appalled that China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is proposing to build a coal-fired plant for the trans-shipment port on Goat Island. What audacity and hypocrisy. China is the...
View ArticleWe keep running after crime
Dear Editor, It is ironic how we have failed to tame the crime monster, having so many bright minds sitting at the head of our decision tables. Something seems to be wrong with our thinking or in the...
View ArticleHappy 102nd birthday, Lady Bustamante
Dear Editor, In the 1930s it was not a popular sight to see a woman on the front line of civil unrest, workers' strike or even being too vocal, but Gladys Longbridge did not seems to notice or cared...
View Article'Wi need fi ovastan di weed ting'
Dear Editor, It does not take a lot to excite some sections of the public or get schoolchildren kicking up trees on the playground. In recent months the issue of the decriminalisation of marijuana has...
View ArticleFlashes of brilliance from our lawmakers
Dear Editor, Not so long ago, the Jamaican people learned about the existence of a set of signed and undated resignation letters. These letters were in the possession of no less a person than the...
View ArticleBusta and Manley — no one pen could hold these two bulls
Dear Editor, I heartily endorse your editorial of Sunday, March 9, 2014, noting the pragmatism which informed National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante's famous "We are with the West" declaration of...
View ArticleA trip on the Sunny Side
Dear Editor, In a country where good customer service has become a rare commodity, I feel almost obligated to give praise when I come across a small local entity that holds a high standard for itself....
View ArticleDon't rob the children
Dear Editor, I recently visited a high school in my neck of the woods, I needed a snack and so I ventured to one of the vendors at the school's gate to purchase it. I bought a Tea biscuit and a small...
View ArticleIt's political theatrics
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Labour Party 'mussi tek people fi eediat' with their desperate theatrical dramatics trying to bar Velma Hylton, QC, from the pending Tivoli commission of enquiry. This is...
View ArticleSeems like racism against the Chinese
Dear Editor, In recent times we have been seeing and hearing the emergence of anti-Chinese sentiments. This is a most unfortunate development and it appears to be grounded in a combination of envy,...
View ArticleSuccessful small enterprises a big part of the solution
Dear Editor, It is common knowledge that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in fostering job creation, economic growth and innovation in free market economies. According to...
View ArticleFight the good fight, teachers
Dear Editor, It has always been said that teaching is a noble profession, but lately I have to wonder if it is still as noble as it was years ago. Historically, teachers were persons the entire country...
View ArticleBlue seam, red seam — one force
Dear Editor, It was with mixed feelings of joy and trepidation that I read the news report of the impending merger of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Special Constabulary Force...
View ArticleResurrect May Pen Cemetery
Dear Editor, Cemeteries have been around since time immemorial. Our cemeteries serve varied purposes, including being a final resting place or burial area for the dead. In addition, cemeteries yield...
View ArticleThe Tivoli inquiry can still be salvaged
Dear Editor, The announced Tivoli inquiry appears to be already mired in controversy and has only served to deepen and aggravate the existing scepticism among Jamaicans regarding such inquiries. I was...
View ArticleHylton too cold for Commission
It is absolutely amazing that the Member of Parliament for Western Kingston Desmond McKenzie can be accusing Velma Hylton -- former counsel to the 2002 commission of inquiry into events at Tivoli...
View ArticleLook around us... while we still can
Dear Editor, I believe we are in a unique position to address the situation with the Jamaican Government allowing the Chinese to build a coal-powered plant on Goats. My husband and I have been land and...
View ArticleA mayor is what a mayor does
Dear Editor, The late Cecil Charlton, former mayor of Manchester, along with his fellow councillors of the Manchester Parish Council showed the critical role of the mayor in the economic and social...
View ArticleA true test of justice
Dear Editor, The Kartel trial was closely followed by many. The guilty verdict didn't come as a big surprise to most of us who followed the case over the 60-odd days. What the verdict did, however, was...
View ArticleI hope we learn from the Kartel case
Dear Editor, Any verdict other than guilty in the recently concluded case with Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer and other accused would have made the justice system the laughing stock of even the people who...
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