THE EDITOR, Sir:Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has not given evidence at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry but has already been branded a liar with the help of media players.
THE EDITOR, Sir:During my visits to Jamaica, and specifically to Labyrinth, St Mary, I marvel at the obstacle track as I have to skip potholes en route to my parents' home.I am happy to observe that the roads between Cascade and Labyrinth are being...
THE EDITOR, Sir:There are many Jamaicans who feel that the commission of enquiry now being conducted into the developments surrounding the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and the retention of the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I listened to attorney Frank Phipps questioning former chief of staff and commissioner of police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, on the role his wife, who works at the US Embassy, could have played in his being tipped...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I find very interesting your feature in a recent edition of the Friday Gleaner about the auction of Mr Joseph Mahfood's stamp collection.I have been collecting for decades, and I know that the scope of my collection in no way matches the...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Last week, while listening to Mr Dervan Malcolm's excellent programme, 'Both Sides of the Story', I garnered some interesting statistics on early post-colonial Jamaica.
THE EDITOR, Sir:With the first cruise ship expected to dock on February 17, Falmouth has been transformed, almost overnight, from a downright ghost town with derelict and unsightly buildings to a delightful and quaint town with beautifully painted...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaicans often extol the beauty of our island while accepting the despoilment of the beauty of our cities with rusty zinc fencing.It has become so acceptable that we have a zinc fencing opposite our palace, Jamaica House.
THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST respond to the editorial in Saturday's Gleaner, 'Balaclava: A petulant response by teachers'.I do not have all the facts that led to the response by teachers, parents and students in this incident...
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE IMPLICATION is reprehensible: 'mulattoes' or so-called 'light-skinned blacks' (both terms being misnomers and contradictions) are responsible for bleaching simply because they exist and are successful.
THE EDITOR, Sir:MANY ARE salivating about how much Jamaicans should learn about people power from the current uprisings in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East, even to the extent of being prepared to imitate them.I would like to suggest, however,...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Most Jamaicans are beginning to become a little suspicious of this paper's style of reporting. Indeed, quite a significant number of people are of the view that The Gleaner...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I never expected that The Gleaner would become such a source of turmoil.Media in the 21st century are predominantly characterised by their ability...
THE EDITOR, Sir:This is an open letter to the National Works Agency and its CEO, Mr Patrick Wong.As a resident of Grovedale Drive, I have again been pressed to write to you regarding the state of the Sandy Gully which runs behind a section of the road.
THE EDITOR, Sir:There is nothing wrong with a pastor owning and travelling with a licensed firearm in order to protect himself and his family.Perhaps because so many horrendous crimes are committed in Jamaica by the use and abuse of guns, some persons...
THE EDITOR, Sir:As someone who has run his own independent travel agency, here in Twickenham, United Kingdom (UK), for the past 27 years, I was delighted to read that Air Jamaica is to make a return on the London-Heathrow route.
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is not true that international treaties, in particular the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, prohibit governments from pursuing alternative legal schemes regarding the possession or regulation of cannabis as stated...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The Dudus-Manatt com-mission of enquiry has shed some light on the classified memoranda of understanding (MOUs) involving Jamaica, the United States and the United Kingdom.
