THE EDITOR, Sir:Just when we thought that the Grand Gala had got to a point where the performances were lifted to a higher level, here comes Queen Ifrica to continue the trend started by her babyfather, Tony Rebel, who did the same thing last year at...
THE EDITOR, Sir:It was only a few months ago that I attended a health fair at Caymanas Park which was put on by its regulating body, Jamaica Racing Commission.
I WRITE IN response to an article published in your paper on Thursday, August 1, 2013 entitled 'JADCO did 106 tests in 2012 - Dr Elliott says agency did enough given population size'.Given the local and, in fact, global interest that has been paid...
THE EDITOR, Sir:An advanced degree serves as no guarantee that a teacher will be effective in the classrooms of Jamaica's public schools, or any other place for that matter.In recent times, colleges and universities have been encouraging graduates to...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I wish to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to members of the Canadian-Jamaican community on the occasion of Jamaica's Independence Day.Canada and Jamaica share a rich history of friendship.
THE EDITOR, Sir:There's one interesting point to ponder with regard to Martin Henry's column 'Independence: Jamaica vs Singapore', published in The Sunday Gleaner of August 4....
THE EDITOR, Sir:As we celebrate Jamaica's 51st year of Independence, we must take some time to reflect on what propelled the leaders of that era to pursue that course of action.Yes, the decision may have resulted in positives and negatives for the...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The police attempt to challenge the court ruling that the Independent Commission of Investigations has the power to arrest and prosecute reflects a cultural unsettlement for a police state mentality.This challenge is similar to the...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Are we to undertake false independence to prove independence? To prove to the world we can talk and we are proud while being realistically foolish?This is what Mr Gordon Robinson, in his article 'Show some real independence' (Sunday...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The following is a statement from the Ministry of Education in response to a letter titled 'What will happen to ASTEP students in September?', which appeared in The Gleaner of Saturday, August 3, 2013....
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is quite evident that Jamaica is in a very critical economic state, and it is going to take a great deal of hard work for us to achieve sustainable econmic growth.Our politicians need to stop the point-scoring and bickering ...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Last Friday (August 2, 2013), the Letter of the Day chided the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for not being serious about electricity theft.
THE EDITOR, Sir:When the construction of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 was in progress, several species of cacti planted along the walls of the wharf area were destroyed.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I wrote a letter to the Jamaica Public Service Company explaining to them that in my place of business, I changed 53 double-tube fluorescent lamps, each one drawing approximately .8 amps, as they all use a ballast.
IT IS not the case that the Church in Jamaica is asleep on the 'job' of keeping the society on a moral track, as much as it appears to have forgotten its own role in the search for justice for all citizens.
Ian Boyne urges Jamaica's political leaders to go beyond the ink of the social partnership and give the people straight talk.He writes: "The top private-sector bigwigs, along with civil-society heads, must demand that both parties have joint town hall...
THE EDITOR, Sir:"We need to break out of the tradition where we provide tacit, and sometimes public, support to our colleagues even when we know they are in the wrong.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I must vent my increasing frustration with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). JPS, in its latest thrust to stop electricity theft by advertising its new website...
THE EDITOR, Sir:With reference to the article titled 'Festival highlights Jamaican composers' which was published Friday, June 14, 2013, please note the following:"The two Cowen songs selected for the concert were the lullaby-like Sweet as the Sun and a...
