The result of misguided talent
Dear Editor, For the past several weeks Vybz Kartel has made every news headline. The publicity of his saga played out in the media, just for the trial alone, has received more coverage than many...
View ArticleIs the GOJ in breach?
Dear Editor, We note with concern the furore over the removal of the Energy Monitoring Committee (EMC). However many have missed the point and wider picture. To begin, within the context of the the...
View ArticleThe Bible proves there was no resurrection
Dear Editor, Perhaps the best evidence against the resurrection of Jesus is the Bible itself. A careful reading of it should be enough to convince anybody that the claim that Jesus came back to life...
View ArticlePaulwell has no more options
Dear Editor, I think it is an unfair criticism being levelled against Minister Paulwell with regards to his proposal to allow persons who steal electricity to pay a flat rate for a period of time and...
View ArticleMy life sentence vs Kartel's
Dear Editor, There is so much talk about life sentence these days, what with the sentencing of popular dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel recently. I too have been handed a life sentence, but one of a...
View ArticleEconomic oversight still means economc woes
Dear Editor, Does Richard Byles, commenting recently on the state of the economy, not realise how clearly he is acknowledging the anomalies, probably contradictions, in the current IMF-led economic...
View ArticleONLINE READERS COMMENT: Tax on bank withdrawals evil, unjust
Dear Editor, The news that the Government plan to start taxing bank withdrawals effective June 1, 2014, is shocking! The announcement came on the eve of Easter, one of Christian’s holiest periods. The...
View ArticleThere are ways other than ridiculous taxes
Dear Editor, Each year budget presentations drive fear in our people taking some to the point of panic attacks. Whereas I understand that taxation is necessary to finance government, some ways of...
View ArticleThis is double-taxing wages
Dear Editor, I must protest the Government's proposed tax on withdrawals from financial institutions. We have heard the response of some citizens that they won't put anything in the bank so there will...
View ArticleExcellent timing for JCF/ISCF merger
Dear Editor, Stunned! That is the only word that I can use to describe my state when I learned that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) were two...
View ArticleBuild up, don't tear down, Tavares-Finson
Dear Editor, I am an unrelenting supporter of the rule of law and, correspondingly, fairness, equity and transparency of the judicature are viewed as non-negotiable imperatives, and absolute standards...
View ArticleDo something before we are smothered to death
Dear Editor, NEPA or another government agency needs to step in now to deal with the Riverton Dump, whether or not the area is an industrial belt. The residents at the entrance of Riverton, along...
View ArticlePeter Phillips, have you no mercy?
Dear Editor, The people are crying out to Rome and asking Peter ‘Julius Caesar’ Phillips, have you no mercy? This is in response to the finance minister’s recent announcement in the House of...
View ArticleUnconscionable tax
Dear Editor, An unjust law is no law. — St Augustine I am both shocked and appalled that the Portia Simpson Miller Administration is considering inflicting every Jamaican and every tourist with a tax...
View ArticleProtect our young businessmen and women
Dear Editor, Let me place on the record that I have worked with Access Financial Services for several years. I want to say that its founder and CEO Marcus James is inarguably one of the best and...
View ArticlePM should rescue Alpha Boys’ Home
Dear Editor, Personally, and as leader of the Opposition, I am truly saddened that an important social institution such as the Alpha Boys’ Home will be closing its residential care facility. The Alpha...
View ArticleOne more burden...
Dear Editor, This new bank tax will only cause discouragement and dispair among the people of this land, especially the public servants who have not had a salary increase for about six years and...
View ArticleThe lose-lose political game
Dear Editor, Politicians are vilified for every perceived wrong, but the reality is that politics is a thankless profession. There is a great disconnect between what any system of governance can...
View ArticleDid the police allow Kartel's gang to murder?
Dear Editor, The recent comments by the commissioner of police about his police force not having the will to go after Vybz Kartel's gang on account of the backlash that could have happened should worry...
View ArticleThe tale of two Tivolis
Dear Editor, I have just had the opportunity of reading thoroughly the Public Defender's Interim Report to Parliament concerning "investigations into the conduct of the security forces during the State...
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