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Published:Saturday | May 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:While I believe that we are all entitled to an opinion, I fear that anti-CARICOM opinions, such as those espoused by columnist Ronald Mason (Sunday Gleaner, 'Kick CARICOM to the kerb', May 5, 2013), are inimical to the development of the...

Published:Saturday | May 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Over many years, Mutabaruka has spoken out against anti-black racism in Jamaica and the rest of the world.

Published:Friday | May 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I write in response to Mr Romaro Scott's letter in The Gleaner (May 16, 2013) concerning number portability and network issues.Digicel is committed to listening to all our customers, including Mr Scott, and continuing to provide the best...

Published:Friday | May 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:In the 1970s, then prime minister, the late Michael Manley, said on public television: "And if you do not like my policies, there are five flights a day...

Published:Friday | May 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The Department of Library and Information Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI), owes its existence largely to the advocacy of a group of pioneer librarians led by Dr Joyce Robinson, who influenced professional colleagues from...

Published:Friday | May 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites announced on Wednesday that study leave for teachers will be suspended because it is unsustainable.

Published:Friday | May 17, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:We are responding to the concern raised in the letter to the editor by Chloe Dier on May 14, 2013 titled 'Teaching degrees watered down'.Please be advised that since The Mico was empowered to offer four-year bachelor degrees...

Published:Thursday | May 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I FEEL compelled to respond to aspects of your newspaper's editorial of Monday, May 13, 2013.The editorial, inter alia, highlighted certain issues and went on to make assertions with which I do not concur.

Published:Thursday | May 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: YOUR EDITORIAL of May 14 suggests that there could be a conflict of interest with my candidacy for president of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) and my role as the CEO of the CHASE Fund.

Published:Thursday | May 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: FOR SOME time now, customers have been complaining about the poor quality of service that Digicel - the so-called bigger, better network - has been providing...

Published:Thursday | May 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

It is obvious that the Government is not for the youths. This is bad, because the children are the future; the future being painted is not a positive one.

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:THANK YOU for considering me the subject of The Gavel in the May 13, 2013 edition of The Gleaner.

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:THOUGH THE call for a commission of enquiry into the 2010 Tivoli operation may be correct, it is rather curious that the Government of the day is, without hesitation, willing to facilitate such an enquiry but quite unwilling to provide...

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:THE PROBLEM of redistributive economics is linked to the small size of Jamaica's middle class.

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I WRITE IN RESPONSE to the editorial, 'Electricity for the People', published in The Sunday Gleaner of May 12.I have been noticing verbal battles in The Gleaner, regarding electricity supply, with Ms Kelly Tomblin, CEO of the Jamaica...

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:ON READING the article, 'Agri minister ready to engage youth' (The Gleaner of May 2), I was struck by the candor expressed in the opening - "that successive administrations have failed to properly engage youth in agriculture".

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I found guest columnist Daive Dunkley's article 'The English, slavery and reparation' (Gleaner, May 11, 2013) quite interesting and informative....

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I would like to make a public appeal to beneficiaries of Jamaica's Catholic school system to continue to make donations to Catholic schools, however small the donations may be, considering the depressed economy.The good Catholics around...

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The Ministry of Health would like a clarification to be made to parts of the article 'Our students are anaemic - Health ministry official says schools need to improve nutrition for children', published in The Gleaner of Wednesday, May 8,...

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:It's time for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to begin living authentic lives so that they will not feel the need to use innocent, trusting, caring individuals...

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I am writing this letter hoping the University Council of Jamaica will clear up my confusion. Why do students who are enrolling at the University of the West Indies (UWI) need CAPE subjects in order to study for a bachelor's degree...

Published:Tuesday | May 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I agree with Monica Dystant ('Brakes on babies', Sunday Gleaner, May 12, 2013) that brakes need to be applied URGENTLY for those having multiple children just for the Government to pay for feeding, clothing, and educating them....

Published:Monday | May 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:That depends on where you are in Jamaica.

Published:Monday | May 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:

I live in the Kingston 11 area and have been experiencing intolerable water conditions.

Published:Monday | May 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:For decades, Jamaica has been trying to dig itself out of the rut of debt and poverty.

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