Let's protect Jamaica's forests
Dear Editor, The dry weather in this parish has done us one favour. It has turned the grass brown on the hills overlooking Kingston, making very clear how little tree cover there is. It's the same...
View ArticleThe big picture
Dear Editor, I was dumbfounded when my wife, who volunteers at a primary school, told me she was so heartbroken for a little girl who could not sit the Grade Six Achievement Test because she could not...
View ArticleIs 'jungle justice' ever justified?
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the article, 'Child undergoes 5-hour operation to save leg after accident,' published on March 27, 2014. I sincerely believe that these reckless drivers should obtain...
View ArticleThis 'business' of dialysis
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter published in the Observer of 24th March under the caption 'They have us by the kidneys'. This was obviously penned by someone in an emotional state,...
View ArticleDo not discard pit latrines totally
Dear Editor, I have heard recent discussions in the media about the abolition of pit latrines in schools. At first thought, this is a step in the right direction. Then I decided to speak on the issue...
View ArticlePhillips era better than Davies'
Dear Editor, When the Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller named Peter Phillips the minister of finance (technically to succeed Omar Davies, her former minister with that portfolio) it was...
View ArticleIn law the wiser triumphs
Dear Editor, Ever since the dismissal of the court case involving former junior energy minister Kern Spencer and his former assistant Colleen Wright I have been hearing all sorts of remarks. Many...
View ArticleFlexi-workweek will destroy the family
IT has been touted my Labour Minister Derek Kellier that the introduction of the flexi-workweek schedule will improve time spent with family and will only benefit the economy where productivity is...
View ArticleAll without a body
Dear Editor, Many people, including myself, are very disappointed that sentencing in the Vybz Kartel murder case was delayed for a week. However, I hope that the learned judge will hand down his...
View ArticleGoat Islands Jamaica's Trojan horse?
Dear Editor, I am now seriously concerned that no one at the political level is representing the best interests of the Jamaican people in this planned Goat Islands development by the Chinese. For one,...
View ArticleNo way Kartel should be recording in prison
Dear Editor, Why would anyone even have to consider whether Vybz Kartel should be allowed to record (I assume for commercial purposes) after he is sentenced to prison? The answer should be an...
View ArticleONLINE READERS COMMENT: She so loved the poor, she made more of them
Dear Editor, Madam Prime Minister, so loves the poor, thus she stated, come unto thee my poor children, I have abundance of “hox tail” and “mutton” for thy hungry belly. They all came running in droves...
View ArticleCertify high school graduates
Dear Editor, The decision by the Ministry of Education to stop offering the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations has turned out to be both ill-advised and foolhardy. At the time the decision...
View ArticleWe are the architects of our own demise
Dear Editor, Politicians are often blamed for our present conundrum by persons who created a conduit for political failure due to their apathy. The issues of mismanagement and waste in the public...
View ArticleChamps was fantastic!
Dear Editor, As I stepped out of the taxi last Saturday, immediately my senses were flooded with the sights, smells and sounds of Champs. Everywhere I looked all I could see was a kaleidoscope of...
View ArticleSocial workers needed for every home
Dear Editor, I am currently pursuing studies in social work and I have come to the realisation that this career choice has not been getting the proper recognition it deserves here in Jamaica. There are...
View ArticleCoaches must think long term
Dear Editor, I am a Calabar old boy who is a staunch supporter of his school and a real "fanatic" of track and field. I totally agree with the sentiments expressed in your editorial, 'Whither the...
View ArticleVybz Kartel shackled by the law
Dear Editor, The guilty verdict handed down by the Home Circuit Court to whom many idolised as the 'World Boss', and his co-accused, is the dawning of a new day in the history of which many claimed to...
View ArticleI beg your pardon, English lesson?
Dear Editor, A recent Observer article published on March 24, 2014, entitled "English lessons for Jamaica" is quite interesting. Some people are of the view that it was a bold move by Ronald Thwaites,...
View ArticleTivoli enquiry must seek nothing but the truth
Dear Editor, We must all be very pleased that INDECOM has denied the suggestions made by the public defender that there was an inability on the commission's part to secure the weapons of the members of...
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