A prayer for justice for all in Ja
Dear Editor, The recent guilty verdict handed down in the murder case of a Trinidadian teacher in St James could not really have been any other. The verdict, while the best outcome one could have hoped...
View ArticleArtistes must see the bigger picture
Dear Editor, It is unfortunate what happened to Queen Ifrica recently as detailed in the Jamaica Observer on Saturday (May 2). However, this is not only about the gay community. I find the behaviour of...
View ArticleUWI did the right thing
Dear Editor, I hold the view that UWI acted appropriately by removing Prof Bain as director of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Resource Training (CHART) Network. He is entitled to his personal views, of course,...
View ArticleTough situation, tough decision
Dear Editor, Jamaica's Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression "as is demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society". Every...
View ArticleONLINE READERS COMMENT: 'Rope in' Damion Crawford Madam PM
Dear Editor, After listening to the midday news today (Tuesday, May 27, 2014) of a report of another outrageous outburst by Damion Crawford referring to JLP supporters as "dutty labourites", I am...
View ArticleIs what’s good for the goose also good...?
Dear Editor, Kindly consider the following hypothetical scenario that, to me, could shed some light on the current Bain-Harris-Gomes-UWI-LGBT mess. Let us suppose that a recently retired academic is...
View ArticleWhat really is CHART's mandate?
Dear Editor, In justifying the dismissal of Professor Bain as head of Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Network, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies used the analogy of...
View ArticleRiverton, the burning ground for taxpayers’ money
Dear Editor, For too many years, the Riverton garbage disposal site has remained one of Jamaica's most active polluting hubs. The habitual conflagrations at this site continue to undermine our fiscal...
View ArticleYou can do it again, Captain Burrell
Dear Editor, I recently read that Captain Horace Burrell will be returned unopposed to the position of president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). As I read about this I began to reminisce...
View ArticleDo ghettoes really follow us?
Dear Editor, Some years ago a high Japanese official remarked that if too many black people start moving into your community then you should move out as your community will become a ghetto. While that...
View ArticleLooking beyond the AIDS issue
Dear Editor, The concern over the spread of AIDS is a valid one. After all, which Jamaican wants an AIDS epidemic? But is it the only issue? Is it even the most important issue in this debate about...
View Article'Dutty Labourites' coming from far
Dear Editor, I heard recently that MP Damion Crawford referred to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters as "dutty Labourites". Since then he has sought to make amends for the comments on Facebook,...
View ArticleConcerning the Negril Breakwater Saga
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Negril stakeholders: If three learned doctors diagnose a patient, it is possible that they may each arrive at different diagnoses. Therefore, instead of...
View ArticleLocked out of 'Princess'
Dear Editor, Over the years, there have been a number of concerns relating to security at Princess Margaret Hospital. And there was an incident that prompted the appropriate authority to erect a...
View ArticleSMEs are our future, support them
Dear Editor, It is widely acknowledged that globally competitive small businesses will rescue Jamaica from its present economic malaise. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are major providers of...
View ArticleWarning! The 'rights' lobby will stop at nothing
Dear Editor, Arising from the firing of Brendon Bain by the University of the West Indies, I hope well-thinking Jamaicans wake up to the duplicitous and diabolic nature of the 'rights' advocates who...
View ArticleHolness is no transformational leader
Dear Editor, The Opposition leader continues his political rants about how the Government lacks leadership and a clear vision for Jamaica. He speaks of himself as being a transformational leader in...
View ArticleBain shouldn't have taken that job
Dear Editor, I am compelled to weigh in on the discussion about UWI's separation of Professor Brendan Bain from a sensitive job position. The media might have muddled the issue in its all too frequent...
View ArticleMedia slip-ups grating on my nerves
Dear Editor, I hope that despite you obviously being a journalist, you will be kind enough to allow my letter to enter into print in your newspaper. I began in this manner because the observations I am...
View ArticlePatterson's call for good governance hollow
Dear Editor, It is all well and good for former Prime Minister P J Patterson to be pontificating at this time about governance and morality and the standards to which politicians should be held. What I...
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