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Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Regarding Dr André Haughton's June 19 op-ed, the global drug war is largely a war on marijuana.

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Having read the front-page story in The Sunday Gleaner of June 23, 2013 titled 'Damned without a degree', I feel compelled to say that it gave credence to the meaning of the letters PhD - Permanent Head Damage!When the Lord commanded his...

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I strongly agree with Peter Ruddock's article in The Sunday Gleaner titled 'WADA mess! Drug watchlist flawed', published June 23, 2013.Most athletes are not science majors, nor are their coaches.

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:For almost 40 years, Exodus International lied about sexual orientation and promoted those lies throughout the world, with many people buying into it.On Wednesday, June 19, Exodus International...

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Great article by Ronald Mason in The Sunday Gleaner ('Procrastinating Jamaica and the canals', June 23, 2013) regarding the great job our politicians have done in keeping this country from developing its investment potential.As...

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Congratulations to guest columnist Newton Duncan for a well-written, forthright article ('Why child prisoners commit suicide', Sunday Gleaner, June 23, 2013) illustrating the callousness and cruelty of this society, which we have...

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The board of directors, management and staff of Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) have been deeply affected by two articles published by The Gleaner Company Limited on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 and Wednesday, June 19, 2013...

Published:Tuesday | June 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:In her letter to the editor ('Coopetition can beat competition', Gleaner, June 14, 2013), Jeanette Lewis, PR manager at Columbus Communications (Flow), extols the virtue of intercompany cooperation ('Competition'), particularly in the...

Published:Monday | June 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:In The Gleaner of Friday, June 21, your columnist Peter Espeut, with deep insight, highlighted the fact that the present administration seems bent on an all-out attack on the Church.He listed three issues which are now before Parliament...

Published:Monday | June 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I have read your article in The Saturday Gleaner (Eraldine Williams-Shakespeare, 'The never-ending wave of wantonness and violence') and have also watched the video. I was surprised at the number of students present who encouraged the...

Published:Monday | June 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Normally, a protest in Jamaica means 10 people on a roadside holding placards and chanting, "We want justice!" for about an hour...

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

If our leaders cannot manage simple little things, how, then, are they going to handle the bigger ones? They should put their shoulders to the wheel and ensure that school rules and regulations are enforced - and not to leave it up to guidance counsellors or teachers only.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I just wanted to say thank you to Nurse Anderson, from GOPD of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, for the care, concern and compassion that she showed to my mother, Ms Jenny Gayle, during her pre- and post-operation visits.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

One might be led to believe that, according to the court of Orville Higgins, Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) is guilty until proven innocent.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Are homosexuals so destructive to the society that they now have the attention of everyone? Are homosexuals creating instability for the country's economy and the general public at large?

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I read Orville Higgins' article 'VCB and blind believers' (Gleaner, June 21, 2013), and through the paragraphs indeed shared his amazement somewhat with the responses not only from those of the public, but also his colleagues.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I AM 92 years old and a regular reader of The Gleaner. May I offer a suggestion that I hope will be found constructive?

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Please take a look at the front page of Wednesday's edition of your esteemed paper, 'GSAT results cause great concern'. It should be noted that the minister of education, Ronald Thwaites, expressed his disappointment in the examination results.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I was on Thursday, June 20, 2013 a victim to a most disgraceful case of extortion by MegaMart, Upper Waterloo Road.

Published:Saturday | June 22, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Having not listened to Orville Higgins' radio programme but, based on what he said in his Gleaner column 'VCB and blind believers' (June 21, 2013), it sounds as if he was not being a journalist.

Published:Friday | June 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) seeks to clarify information appearing in two articles in The Gleaner written by Mr Gary Spaulding on June 18 and June 19, 2013, regarding alleged probes being conducted on an importer in western Jamaica...

Published:Friday | June 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Senator Christopher Tufton continues to disappoint.I have often advised my children that in debate, a resort to personalising and to the use of matters irrelevant to the issue under discussion is a sign that the facts are not with you.

Published:Friday | June 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:On Wednesday, Orville Higgins was on KLAS FM spewing his usual self-righteous rhetoric in an all-out attack against those who are sympathetic to our own Veronica Campbell-Brown.

Published:Friday | June 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:We wish to provide the following clarifications in relation to certain statements published Friday, June 14, 2013 titled 'Omnibus banking bill frames BOJ as super-regulator: Heads to Parliament in October'.1.

Published:Thursday | June 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I hate the dark, so coming home Tuesday night to a house that was completely in darkness was not at all pleasant.

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