We need to police as the dons did
Dear Editor, As our cops fortify a special unit while eyeing new tactics to cripple criminals, the police should understudy the techniques used by the senior (criminal executive officers) CEOs/dons and...
View ArticleGive RM Pusey time off to write reason for Kern judgement
Dear Editor, Much has been said and written against the dismissal of Kern Spencer et al without expressed reason by the judge. It is my respectful submission that any judgement issued without reason is...
View ArticleBudget debate a façade
Dear Editor, This is the time of the year when the House of Representatives gather for the annual budget debate. Currently, there are aspects of the budget that have become very controversial among the...
View ArticleThe village must raise the child
Dear Editor, It is a human tendency to take many things in life for granted. Recently I was required to source some personal data from a group of young adults. At first I thought how simple and routine...
View ArticleFix the governance loopholes
Dear Editor, The prime minister's contribution to the 2014 Budget Debate was a thorough disappointment to the generations of attached Jamaicans, who are mildly interested in the political process, and...
View ArticleDon't miss the ganja boat, Ja
Dear Editor, Regarding Mark Wignall's thoughtful April 27 column, 'Will we miss out on the ganja money?', the clock is ticking, Jamaica, don't miss the ganja boat. United States President Barack Obama...
View ArticleRevisit Chinese no-tax policy
Dear Editor, Recently, in my neck of the woods, Christiana, I saw where two businesses owned and operated by Jamaicans have been sold out to Chinese who will continue operating them or try something...
View ArticleThe good (and bad) of the Alpha issue
Dear Editor, I am baffled at some of the comments and responses I have been seeing and hearing in regard to the Alpha Boys' Home Saga. It is the belief of many that the minister did the right thing; I...
View ArticleDelayed listening caused the colossal tax blunder
Dear Editor, The recent announcement to not pursue the bank withdrawal tax by the minister of finance undoubtedly will evoke mixed reactions in the days ahead. To a greater degree, many will celebrate...
View ArticlePregnant Carnival hypocrisy
Dear Editor, A photograph caught my eye in the recent media (mainstream and social) coverage of the Carnival celebrations. It was of a heavily pregnant woman outfitted in the garb of bacchanalia on the...
View ArticleWe gave Paulwell too much rope
Dear Editor, I read your editorial of May 1, 2014 and noticed a quote from Minister Phillip Paulwell saying that the IDB's refusal to fund Jamaica's energy project is a "damnation" of our country....
View ArticleWe did dam it...in the 40s
Dear Editor, The splendid photograph on last Sunday's Agenda of a rushing, bubbling stream with a picturesque bridge in the background was breathtaking. Scenes like this must inspire lovers of nature,...
View ArticleThis 'love the poor' talk is keeping us poor
Dear Editor, Children are often admired for their humility, but they also possess some unfortunate attributes; for example their inability at times to take responsibility for their actions. At first...
View ArticleStop squeezing the people to pay the debt
Dear Editor, In 2010, the JLP Government went to the IMF for help in squeezing yet more from the Jamaican taxpayer in order to service the public debt. In 2013, the PNP did likewise, arguing that by...
View ArticleWe don't give two hoots whether you are black, brown, white...
Dear Editor, Your editorial cartoon in Sunday's newspaper (May 4) is deplorable. You really take Jamaicans for fools. One day you are portraying the Most Honourable Prime Minister in a most...
View ArticleEnergy issue is not open for points-scoring
Dear Editor, The less I see of the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness the more I like him. I arrived at that conclusion after watching his "Alice in Wonderland-like" performance on Cliff Hughes'...
View ArticlePaulwell should 'pack his bags and go'
Dear Editor, If Phillip Paulwell were a minister of government in either Canada or the United Kingdom, operating as they do under the principle of the Westminster model, he would not have to wait to be...
View ArticleLynching Paulwell for his 'crime of passion'
Dear Editor, One enters a Jamaican political debate with great fear and trepidation that it is most likely going to be a grand waste of time and effort. But, somehow I feel that I must this time...
View Article'Mi nah play wid yuh again'
Dear Editor, After watching the news on Sunday evening I've had a bad taste in my mouth. I heard of the events that took place at a lay magistrates' function in May Pen recently. The news stated that...
View ArticleThey took away the heart of my family last May 6
Dear Editor, I have lost the love for a place I loved so deeply, the land of my birth, where I lived for the first 27 years of my life. I was extremely proud to tell everyone I met where I was from. I...
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