Do away with pork-barrel tactics
Dear Editor, Any entrepreneur who is interested in long-term sustainability will refrain from making unwise business decisions. Unlike government bureaucrats, private entrepreneurs are actually...
View ArticleStranger than fiction
Dear Editor, The disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight M370 is both bizarre and frightening. The flight, which originated in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, was heading to Beijing,...
View ArticleThe 10-strong message
Dear Editor, I must admit that, while I was convinced that a guilty verdict was the only thing that the "World Boss" could get, I was preparing to throw in the towel in the expectation that the artiste...
View ArticleBartender vs professor
Dear Editor, Discussions and media reports on the Vybz Kartel murder trial and his subsequent conviction, and that of his three associates, have once again demonstrated the multiple support that...
View ArticleWhy are we not transparent?
Dear Editor, Students from the University of the West Indies have revealed their shock relating to the lack of transparency and accountability in local institutions. We as citizens complain, protest...
View ArticleStay the course, JTA
Dear Editor, The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) in its drive of transforming the teaching and learning landscape is adamant that they are under no circumstance in sympathy mode. The criteria being used...
View ArticleTo whom much is given...
Dear Editor, Money, power and influence can be corrupting, and maybe that is why when God asked Solomon what he wanted he chose wisdom. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates — two men among the richest on earth...
View ArticleJudges can make errors too
Dear Editor, It is universally recognised that from the earliest days counsel has an overriding duty to the court, except not to disclose to the court a confession of guilt by his client without the...
View ArticleMothers must not enable their children's ill deeds
Dear Editor, It was with great alarm that I read the front page story of the Sunday Observer on March 16, 2014 about the mother of convicted murderer Vybz Kartel defending her son and calling for his...
View ArticleOn this the eve of GSAT 2014...
Dear Editor, The 19th century antislavery leader, Frederick Douglass once said: "Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious...
View ArticleThink before you open your mouth
Dear Editor, Veronica Campbell Brown's (VCB) complete exoneration lays bare the argument of many of the critics of this world, and I hope gives commentators pause when they stand behind microphones...
View ArticleWhose passport is it really?
Dear Editor, The first time I did it I was 40 years old. No, I don't mean sex, that happened 14 years earlier when I got married. I mean reading the fine print on my passport. I was on a flight to...
View ArticleWait a minute... there is clean coal!
Dear Editor, It appears that the so-called experts with many degrees and technical knowledge have not kept up to date with the current technology that makes emissions from coal-powered plants...
View ArticlePutin's Czar-like ambition must be tamed
Dear Editor, The world is once again teetering on the verge of yet another military stand-off. However, this time it is between Russia and the West. Ever since the public demonstrations in Ukraine,...
View ArticleAll is not lost
Dear Editor, On Thursday, 13th March, two things happened that gave me great hope that all is not lost, as many people, including myself, are fast believing. The first was the assistance rendered to me...
View ArticleMafoota needs roads, water and street lights, Mr Kellier
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Member of Parliament for the community of Mafoota in St James, Derrick Kellier: Sir, it has not escaped me that since your election you have not cast a backward...
View ArticlePut the officers on trial now
Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I write about the recently concluded case involving Vybz Kartel et al in the Supreme Court of Judicature. I followed the case very closely through the media,...
View ArticlePolitics to blame for Jamaica's demise
Dear Editor, Both PNP and JLP governments have led our country along a path of tribal division once labelled by an honourable leader as a society of warring tribes fighting over scarce benefits. The...
View ArticleTake retirement out of darkness
Dear Editor, We are obviously buoyed by the optimism expressed by Senior Superintendent of Police Egbert Parkins about arresting the level of crime plaguing the second city. However, we wish to make a...
View ArticleHistory will absolve the need for reparations
I think the effort to gain reparations from the British and/or Spanish for chattel slavery will be unsuccessful and prove to be a grand waste of time. When will people stop fantasising and attempt to...
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