THE EDITOR, Sir:There has been much discussion and controversy pertaining to the renaming of the Cornwall Regional Hospital.I acknowledge that Dr Herbert Eldemire, as minister of health many years ago, was instrumental in the establishment of that...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I refer to the programme Religious Hardtalk of April 16 and 23, 2013 in which Seventh-day Adventist member, André Hill, accused their founder and prophetess, Ellen G.White...
THE EDITOR, Sir: The continual debate surrounding the buggery law (and indeed, LGBT lifestyle, at large) will keep going in circles until we get to the heart of the issue at hand, namely, the nature of law...
THE EDITOR, Sir: There is a practice in our country of naming public institutions after politicians. There are two instances that I can remember where controversy has arisen regarding naming an institution after a politician.
THE EDITOR, Sir: The recent attack on a Jamaica Urban Transit Company driver by a number of Calabar High students re-emphasises the need for all parents to reassess their child-rearing styles....
THE EDITOR, Sir:According to a recently concluded report on education, 37 per cent of students do not complete secondary school.Furthermore, more than two years ago, a study compiled by the Jamaica Teaching Council...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaica is a funny place when it comes to this thing of values and attitudes.We are far more comfortable with holding our wayward children accountable for their actions than we are with holding our elected officials accountable for theirs.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I'm sitting reading The Sunday Gleaner as I often do and I've just read Ronald Mason's article 'Broken window theory and crime' (April 28, 2013).
THE EDITOR, Sir:FOOTBALL IS a beautiful game, but there are those in the game who brought the game into disrepute with their mode of thinking and actions.
THE EDITOR, Sir: There have been various accounts as to how the renaming of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in memory of the late Dr Herbert Eldemire originated.
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is a sad and frightening day in our country when our minister of national security throws his hands up in frustration and capitulation and invokes the need for divine intervention....
THE EDITOR, Sir:I applaud The Gleaner for putting focus on issues surrounding the welfare of children in their editorial of Saturday, April 27, 2013 titled: 'Tyranny in the ghetto'.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I write after reading with joy that the security forces have, in their words, had a major victory in the fight against crime after seizing either a large quantity of drugs, guns or ammunition.
I would like to bring the public's attention to my plight with South Coast Express, a company promising to provide "affordable luxury" and "offering express and courier service" while taking their customers from Kingston to Negril and back.
Between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., patrons of a bar at 7 Defoe Avenue can be heard slamming dominoes with the intensity of lightning strikes, so much so that it is impossible to take a nap, even if you are consuming sleeping pills. Every slam of the domino is accompanied by profanity.
It would seem that National Security Minister Peter Bunting is going through some trying times. And not only trying because he and his ministry are experiencing difficulties stemming the nation's stubborn crime problem, but also because he appears to be trying his hands at a job for which he has no prior or relevant experience.
Please permit me to ask what bitter medicine our politicians spoke about that citizens of this country would have to swallow in order to see change in this country. I am afraid that 50 more years will come and this country will still be awaiting our politicians to come clean with us.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A Latin phrase which, translated, means, 'who will guard the guards?' is one that is intrinsic and most applicable in light of recent occurrences such as the massive drug seizure in an armoured security vehicle in Montego Bay, coupled with the brutal assault on the lives of security personnel in the industry in the last two years in Mandeville, Old Harbour and a triple murder in Negril.
