The Editor, Sir:The following is an open letter to the Prime Minister:Honourable PM,Like many others, I have been watching the situation with Air Jamaica unfold, with much sadness.
The Editor, Sir:Why is it that certain people and companies and the lawyers representing them want to derail the FINSAC commission of enquiry at any cost?Is it because Jamaicans who have been 'FINSAC'd' and had their...
THE EDITOR, Sir: YOU ALL need to remind Portia Simpson Miller that it was her government that put the country into the socioeconomic condition it is now in. How soon they forget and, because they know that the majority of people ...
The Editor, Sir: Allow me to attempt an answer to R. Oscar Lofter's question in his letter published on Monday: "Of what use are prayers?" The essence of Oscar's question is: How much prayers (taking into consideration the length...
The Editor, Sir:Please allow me to respond to the article by Bida Quee, 'Writer betrays greed, selfishness'. In much the same way as the writer confused 'betrays' with 'portrays'...
The Editor, Sir: It may be said that major tragedies generally bring forth the best and worst in human beings, and the recent horrific earthquake tragedy in Haiti is no exception.From what I have seen and...
The Editor, Sir:The recent calls by Education Minister Andrew Holness, to "expand the concept of literacy beyond basic writing, reading, and comprehension skills", could not be more timely and, as a teacher in training, this was one of the very issues...
The Editor, Sir:It is such a pity that so-called historians are using the disaster that occurred in Haiti as a pretext to blame the Europeans and Americans again for the backwardness of that country.
The Editor, Sir:Please afford me some space to make what I believe to be an important comment. As a Haitian native who have lived in many parts of the Caribbean and the world ....
The Editor, Sir:After the devastating earth-quake in Haiti, many people asked, where was God? Was He aware of the impending earth-quake? If not, He is obviously not omniscient.
The Editor, Sir:Should I commend or dismiss you for the choice of the Letter of the Day in the Saturday, January 23 edition? Certainly it must have been chosen to make a satirical point to your readers and highlight the selfishness of certain...
The Editor, Sir: It is an unfortunate tragedy that the people of Haiti have had to suffer. However, an earthquake is one of the sins of nature. Our hearts go out to them as numerous organisations and people ...
The Editor, Sir:I am tempted to ask my prayerful friend Earlmont Williams how much prayers, and for how long must we offer them up before God hears us?His letter "Prayer and national challenges" (Saturday, January 23) suggests that if a nation prays...
The Editor, Sir:Many Jamaican youths employ inductive reasoning to come to conclusions and make decisions. But what they call a conclusion is just a hypothesis to be tested. Decisions and actions made in this way become precipitative...
The Editor, Sir:Should I commend or dismiss you for the choice of the Letter of the Day in the Saturday, January 23 edition? Certainly it must have been chosen to make a satirical point to your readers and highlight the selfishness of certain...
The Editor, Sir: THE Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) is a done deal and should see the Government meeting the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) debt-exchange threshold of 90 per cent. Not because fund managers have overnight become patriotic...
The Editor, Sir: The response of the international community to the catastrophe in Haiti has been phenomenal in the rescue and relief efforts. The government and people of Jamaica, in their immediate and initial response...
The Editor, Sir:The current commission of enquiry into the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) in a sense, can be viewed as necessary, but not so much for us to fork out over $80 million for its completion.
The Editor, Sir: In response to the death sentences handed down to the accused murderers of the Lyns, Councillor Sally Porteous, the Jamaica Labour Party caretaker for the Central Manchester division, was quoted elsewhere in the media as saying, "I had to be here to hear the sentence of the most vile creatures who murdered two of the best people in Jamaica"...
The Editor, Sir: I write this letter with some amount of anger. It appears that the Government of the day is forgetting that poor and unfortunate people are in Jamaica, too. Why is it that we will be taking in Haitians? The last time I checked, we were a poor Third-World country.
The Editor, Sir: In order to curb crime in Jamaica, we must address the disintegration of the family. The breakdown of the family is the root cause of lawlessness.
The Editor, Sir: The recent refusal of Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne to order the extradition of Pressley Bingham is a display of courage not seen often enough when Government officials have to deal with the United States of America.
