Don't cloud the true issue
Within every movement to redress perceived historical wrongs is an extremist fringe that sometimes gets carried away and mischaracterises the entire set of ideals and concerns of the movement. The...
View ArticleRein in Crawford, PM
Dear Editor, After listening to the midday news today on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 of a report of another outrageous outburst of Damion Crawford referring to JLP supporters as "dutty Labourites", I am...
View ArticleJa needs a mix of Seaga and Manley for PM
Dear Editor,"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know...
View ArticleProf Bain’s dismissal
Dear Editor, I have read the content of Professor Bain's expert advice submitted to the Supreme Court in Belize by way of assisting in the resolution of a constitutional matter. I will confess that I...
View ArticleA hair principle
Dear Editor, Recently, a fourth form male student at Kingston Technical High School was prevented from doing his CSEC examination because the school authorities were of the opinion that his hair was...
View ArticleForefathers rolling in their graves
Dear Editor, The founding fathers of both politicial parties must be rolling over in their graves because of the careless statements made by Damion Crawford and other politicians at times. And not only...
View ArticleAngelou gave the best of herself
Dear Editor, She was not only a poetess but a humanist whose thoughts transcended the very valour and nobility of her life experiences. She was an umbilical mother, but her navel was genetically bound...
View ArticleA tribute to Dr Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Dear Editor, Her day is done. Is done. The news came on the wings of a wind, reluctant to carry its burden. Maya Angelou’s day is done. The news, expected and still unwelcome, reached us all over the...
View ArticleJLP and PNP caused our poverty
Dear Editor, A round of applause to the JLP and PNP for bringing such a wonderful, once rich country to the grounds of poverty. The days of being able to go to the supermarket and having the luxury of...
View ArticleCrime is a wretched and wicked butcher
Dear Editor, This very famous and powerful monster called crime is still making steady strides by leaps and bounds. This warlike giant has a strategic plan, which is aimed at directly wiping out...
View ArticleChurch loud on gays, quiet on crime
Dear Editor, Maya Angelou said: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Sadly, many church members are hushed when it comes to criminality but very vocal...
View ArticleAway with the death penalty
Dear Editor, Perhaps it was a good thing that Audley Shaw and Michael Peart were at that funeral together giving their views on jungle justice. For, while Shaw was busy correcting Peart on the error of...
View ArticleInked finger dilemma
Dear Editor, Like most young promising Jamaicans I was born into a political party. Yes, I was born into one as I took on the party my family was affiliated with and supported. It was not until I...
View ArticleOur children are the future
Dear Editor, Whenever something tragic happens to a child the statement that 'children are the future' is always touted. However, with statistics from the Office of the Children's Registry indicating...
View ArticleThe truth about the ‘overpayment’ to teachers
Dear Editor, During the last re-classification exercise, all teachers were awarded a special teachers' allowance which would bring their salaries to 80 per cent of the market rate. This special...
View ArticleResist the insidious threat that caused Bain’s dismissal
Dear Editor, The expert testimony given by Professor Bain, a well-respected expert in infectious diseases, was based on scientific evidence which is independently verifiable by anyone. He did not...
View ArticleDo the honourable thing, UWI!
Dear Editor, The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives everything he does become tainted. — Mohandas Gandhi It is very clear to me that the University of the West Indies has erred in its...
View ArticlePopulist politicians created our welfare state
Dear Editor, The most successful individual at the polls is not the reformist with visionary ideas, but the man who is able to develop a message which resonates with the populace. However, a political...
View ArticleProf Bain's advocacy must be worth something
Dear Editor, Without wanting to add to the flood of words over the issue concerning Professor Brendan Bain, I wish to point out an issue that has been little mentioned in this brouhaha. This is the...
View ArticleLGBT community shouldn't bully others
Dear Editor, It is clear to me that those posing as human rights activists are indeed the real bullies. Professor Bain has made significant contributions to the HIV/AIDS community and his selfless work...
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