READERS COMMENT: Descendants of slave masters are not responsible for slavery
Dear Editor, I am a black male living in Massachusetts, USA and I recall that many years ago, a co-worker remarked that I had three strikes against me; I was black; I was a black male; and I had a...
View ArticleGoat Islands may be Ja's only real chance
Dear Editor, The heated discussions continue about the use of Goat Islands in the Chinese logistics hub development plans and Dr Alfred Sangster has come down on the side of the "conservationists". The...
View ArticleThis Gov't is 'an instrument of tyranny'
Dear Editor, In November 2013 the ordinary citizens of Jamaica thought there was hope in the people's Parliament when South St Catherine MP Fitz Jackson, through a private member's motion, led a debate...
View ArticleGov't can't tax the country into prosperity
Dear Editor, Few would argue that we, as a nation, are where we could be. Jamaica needs a politically engaged middle class as the corrective force. As a group, the middle class has often seemed unmoved...
View ArticlePull Jamaica back into the black, Paulwell
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Minister of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Phillip Paulwell: Prior to the change of government in 2007, and since your resuming office in 2011, I have...
View ArticleSo many fees and not even a restroom
Dear Editor, In recent times, I have come to realise that many of our banks do not provide a restroom for their customers. Given the usual long lines leading to the tellers and customer care agents,...
View ArticleGov't needs to cut its coat to fit the cloth
Dear Editor, While the outcry by many against taxation on withdrawals is understandable, there can be no denial that unless the Government reduces public expenditure, by cutting its coat to fit its...
View ArticleJamaican is old enough to make its own decisions
Dear Editor, The Caribbean court of Justice (CCJ) is nothing more than a sham. There is no doubt that we in Jamaica have grown up judicially and are very capable of governing ourselves. Setting laws as...
View ArticleGive cops psychological tests
Dear Editor, It is rather unfortunate that there appears to be a significant increase in the number of suicidal/stress-related killings by police officers. This is evident in the recent killing of a...
View ArticleA word from 'down under'
Dear Editor, As an Australian adventurer and conservationist l would like to put in my two cents worth on the Goat Islands debate. I have travelled extensively and would urge your readers to stop the...
View ArticleGov't should show guts and go forward with withdrawal tax
Dear Editor, It is time the Government demonstrates to the Jamaican people that it is deserving of the confidence the 29 per cent of the voting population placed in them in December 2012. People admire...
View ArticlePraedial larceny in this day and age
Dear Editor, I applaud the latest attempts by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke to curb praedial larceny. However, it appears that he is not up to speed with the latest evolution of this crime....
View ArticleWell deserved, Professor Morris
Dear Editor, Heartiest congratulations to Professor Mervyn Morris for having been selected as Jamaica's latest poet laureate; indeed a most deserving honour. Those of us who were fortunate to pass...
View ArticleStop making bad, worse
Dear Editor, The newly announced tax measure, particularly the tax on bank withdrawals, has drawn the usually unfortunate first response of too many in our society — attack, attack, attack. Too often...
View ArticleGood job, Peter Phillips, stay the course
Dear Editor, The Opposition knows that what is being done by the Government, with aid from multilateral such as the IMF, is the foundation for future success. But, instead of supporting it, they find...
View ArticleScrap the idiotic, penny-pinching tax
Dear Editor, I am not opposed to taxation per se. It is indispensable to the proper functioning of any government. How else would a government be able to fulfil its obligations to its citizens? How...
View ArticleWelcome to the newly Finsac'd/taxed
Dear Editor, We read and listened with very mixed emotions the varied comments on the Ministry of Finance's plans for new taxes to fill gaps/caverns in his 2014/2015 budget. W, however, have not heard...
View ArticleJa must take advantage of development crossroads
Dear Editor, Jamaica is at a development crossroads. Decades of reliance on traditional markets,and on trade preferences have given way to a new reality, where traditional agriculture plays a much...
View ArticleWe want a tax we can evade, Peter
Dear Editor, The uproar over the "penny-pinching" withdrawal tax may say more about a quirk in our national psyche than Jamaicans may care to admit. The problem with Finance Minister Peter Phillips is...
View ArticleGov’t beating ‘those dem can catch’
Dear Editor, The tax measures announced by Dr Peter Phillips, the minister of finance, have attracted widespread opposition. Minister Phillips announced that there would be a tax on withdrawals from...
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