The buck stops with you, PM
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller. We elected your party to govern us for five years and you allowed someone whom we do not even know to take...
View ArticleShow Ms Lagarde the 'bitter medicine' Ja
Dear Editor, The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde will be visiting Jamaica from June 27-28. She is here to offer 'moral support' for Jamaica's economic successes while...
View ArticleMove to the head of the class, Alyssa
Dear Editor, In one of the most lucid discussions of the UWI/Bain affair I have seen so far, Alyssa Lindsay has taken apart the attempt by Professor Rose-Marie Belle-Antoine to defend the position of...
View ArticleAn opinion is a right or privilege?
Dear Editor, Not often do I read the paper or listen to the news. I simply cannot take injustice and brutality. I may be chastised for not being a responsible and an aware citizen, but that may be...
View ArticleHelp! No hospital bed for grandma
Dear Editor, Growing up in Jamaica, I was taught, like many of my peers, to respect and help the elderly; always say "Yes, Ma'am; Yes, Sir; Good Morning; or Good Evening". But I truly had a special...
View ArticleA ‘ganja coalition’ should run Jamaica
Dear Editor, I, like so many other Jamaicans, was surprised to see the Government decriminalising the use of small amounts of ganja and proceeding with medical ganja research and the possibilities that...
View ArticleLittle Bolts and little Otteys need help across the finishing line
Dear Editor, The recent Jamaica's Basic School Championships had a lot of celebrities performing, which had the crowd constantly engaged. And, with every race there was loud cheering from the stands....
View ArticleSex ed is important
Anyone with even limited experience working with marginalised youth would know that many are sexually active at an early age. This includes homeless youth, those in shelters, etc. In just about every...
View ArticleWhat do we expect when it only takes 5 CSECs to be a teacher?
According to data from the Ministry of Education, fewer than 20 per cent of grade 11 students successfully achieve passing grades in five Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects,...
View ArticleStrip Carolyn Gomes of national honours
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Governor General Sir Patrick Allen. Your Excellency, I write to ask you to consider stripping Dr Carolyn Gomes of the Order of Merit bestowed upon her in...
View ArticleStand up straight, without hate, for The CAUSE
"There comes a time, when we heed a certain call and the world must stand together as one...We are the world!" (Adapted from We are the world by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie) There are times in...
View ArticleYour editorial was lacking in substance, Observer
This is an unedited letter to the editor. I've had over the years a very decidedly mixed view of your newspaper, especially under your stewardship. Hard-nosed investigations are the main pluses but the...
View ArticleNo need to fear dental amalgam
Dental amalgam is a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used to restore cavities in teeth for more than 100 years. The World Dental Federation and the World Health Organisation...
View ArticleWhom does abortion help?
Dear Editor, Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell is reported to demand the repeal of laws that prohibit abortion. This follows the adoption of a similar resolution by the PNP women in 2013, and the...
View ArticleCVCC and JFJ must resolve their own conflict of interest
Dear Editor, Isn't it interesting that fate has a way of throwing curve balls at us? Take the controversy about the dismissal of Professor Bain from his job as head of CHART and the scandal now...
View ArticleLook to the National Anthem
Dear Editor, I am moved to write this letter as I am so bewildered to see how godly principles are fast being eroded in our society. These values are not replaced by a vacuum, but by a satanic system...
View ArticleLong live the classics!
Dear Editor, I am happy to see what seems to be moves to revive classical music in Jamaica. Classical music is a great art form, spanning many styles of the genre, and is perhaps, as a whole, the...
View ArticleHarsher sentences for rapists
Dear Editor, Reference is being made to the news report of Monday, June 9, 2014, entitled 'Court of Appeal reduces sentence of man who raped 12-y-o girl, woman'. After reading the news report I was...
View ArticleThe world needs freedom of religion this 2014
Dear Editor, The freedom of the 27 Christian Sudanese woman over the weekend from a pending death sentence is welcome news. Many in the international community were sent into a state of shock to learn...
View ArticleWe have to decide what we want for this nation
Dear Editor, I find it interesting that we want to be a nation where by 2030 Jamaica is the place to raise our families. For it to be such a place we have to first recognise the importance of family...
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