Kingston port decline couldn’t have happened under my watch
Dear Editor, I must say how sad I am at the headline in last Friday's Caribbean Business Report regarding the decline in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) movement in our Kingston Container Terminal...
View ArticlePraise for a Digicel technician
Dear Editor, In Jamaica today, it is quite commonplace to receive sloppy and unprofessional service from customer service agents and other personnel in various businesses. However, recently I...
View ArticleCapitol Hill help at what price?
Dear Editor, Mrs Christine Lagarde's disclosure that Capitol Hill nudged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help Jamaica with a stand-by loan agreement does not come as a surprise. However, the...
View ArticleQuestions for a teacher critic
Dear Editor, Enough is enough! Why is it that everybody wants to have the head of teachers? I would have imagined that by now everyone, including the youth, would appreciate that the recently published...
View ArticleMissing from the midday news
Dear Editor, I watched the TVJ midday news yesterday and was both concerned and amazed that they did not choose to carry even one sentence about the church gathering led by Jamaica CAUSE in...
View ArticleGetting our economy to grow
Dear Editor, For countries like Jamaica with a domestic production content high in external inputs, devaluation will increase our costs and debilitate our economy, especially if we sit around and wait...
View ArticleNo reason for Christians not to support their gay brothers and sisters
Dear Editor, Sexual equality is on the rise, but despite this trend, religious beliefs remain a major obstacle to acceptance. Many conservative Christians believe the Bible condemns all same-sex...
View ArticleA suggestion for the USA
Dear Editor, I doubt whether many Jamaicans will deny that the USA is one of the most generous countries in the world --- always quick to respond to the needs of other countries, especially after...
View ArticleWe need to grow up
Dear Editor, My name is Chris. My wife and I have been married for 24 years. I can't tell you that it is perfect; in fact it is probably as imperfect as imperfect can get, but we love each other. We...
View ArticleWe all have the right to tolerance and respect
Dear Editor, There has been so much misinformation and fear-mongering about the so-called "gay agenda". Shame on the media and the church for perpetuating it. All gay people (not homos as the media...
View ArticleProud to see Jamaicans standing up
Dear Editor, Jamaica belongs to God. What an awesome God we serve. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance (Psalm 30:12). I was so...
View ArticleNeed to respect opposing views
Dear Editor, I have now come to the conclusion that we are yet to be freed from our slave master, and therefore permission would have to be sought before one can join, attend and participate in any...
View ArticleElated with church's action
Dear Editor, It is oftentimes said that silence denotes consent. With that said, the church has coalesced as a force to be reckoned with in the ongoing battle between sexual immorality and purity in...
View ArticleDigicel resolves disgruntled customer’s problem
Dear Editor, In response to a letter published in the Observer Online dated Monday, March 30, 2014 entitled ‘Digicel, what’s eating up my credit?’, we have contacted Mr Selvern Francis and the issue...
View ArticlePoetic justice?
Dear Editor, International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde has confirmed what many of us knew all along -- the IMF doesn't care about who is "dutty" or who is clean, neither does it care...
View ArticlePeople who blame teachers have no clue
Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened when many people say that our nation's teachers are doing nothing. The recent school ranking has indeed drawn the attention of many who blame teachers, say that they...
View Article100 years after World War I
Dear Editor, Saturday, June 28, 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of World War I. This is indeed a monumental milestone since some of the conditions that plunged the world into a major catastrophe in...
View ArticleSuch hypocrisy from the church
Dear Editor, Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so..... "unless you are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT)", in which case you are told that Jesus loves everyone except you....
View ArticleInstead of criticising the church, why don't you do something?
Dear Editor, I've been noticing a lot of people on social media criticising the church for placing emphasis on homosexuality and other sexually immoral acts at the Jamaica CAUSE rally held in...
View ArticleJLP Senator Nigel Clarke’s dilemma
SENATOR Dr Nigel Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is a brilliant man in his prime. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from the University of the West Indies, an MSc and a Doctorate from Oxford...
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