THE EDITOR, Sir:We write in response to the letter from the Translators and Interpreters' Association of Jamaica titled 'Call interpreters to help deal with refugees' (Gleaner, March 12, 2013), which made reference to an article by Dr Orville Taylor ...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I note with interest the concern of the Jamaican Government regarding the impact the lottery scammers have had on our country's reputation and the perceived fallout within our tourist industry.The Government seems concerned when...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I find The Gleaner's editorial of Thursday, March 14, 2013 titled 'Davies' critics miss the real debate' to be - as I find the Jamaican Government - insensitive and uncaring and smacks of elitism.To ask a person who works hard...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Those of us who have been working hard over the last decade (as researchers, social workers, caregivers and in law enforcement) to promote understanding and healing of the distressing deportation phenomenon are, as a natural response...
Below are comments from readers of www.jamaica-gleaner to two stories published yesterday: Costly stay - Rural schools face half-a-million dollar bill for Corporate Area accommodations - Gov't has some places they could use for temporary...
THE EDITOR, Sir:AFTER BEING closed for the last five months, the National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced work to reopen the Lawrence Tavern main road in St Andrew.
THE EDITOR, Sir: I CONTINUE to be amazed by the continuous assertion by The Gleaner, and members of the local legal profession, that the Caribbean Court of Justice is an appropriate substitute for the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Bag-a-mout! Clueless! Why can't the Government realise that cars are a major consumer of the oil that we import, and put in place measures to ensure that efficiency increases as the years go by?Also, doesn't everybody want a more...
THE EDITOR, Sir:While growing up, my mother had told me, "Cleanliness is next to godliness." So why do the hustlers on the streets of Jamaica sell their wares with no thought to their own appearance and hygiene.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Recently, Canada launched the Canada-CARICOM Trade, Not Aid Strategy, because developed countries like Canada want to build a new strategic partnership with the Caribbean based on trade and innovation and not aid....
THE EDITOR, Sir:The whole episode concerning Mr Carlos Hill and his company, Cash Plus, has been distorted by those who felt threatened by his 10 per cent per month investment scheme.Cash Plus was literally showing up the unfairness of a metaphorical...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith has made a clear-cut declaration that pregnant teenagers should not face discrimination in schools and is giving the young, sometimes misguided teenagers another lease on life.Not all students who fall under...
The Editor, Sir:In his latest column on Friday, March 8, 2013, Peter Espeut continues to wage war on reason, secularism, and rudimentary human rights theory.
THE EDITOR, Sir: My daughter, who is on a short visit home to Jamaica, came home visibly upset on Sunday, March 10. Waiting in line for the Devon Road/Hope Road traffic lights...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Parliament made a very strange decision recently. It decided to outlaw flogging, on the grounds that it is inhumane and a relic of slavery...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The Translators and Interpreters' Association of Jamaica (TIA) would like to comment on a remark made by Dr Orville Taylor in his column in The Sunday Gleaner on February 24, 2013.The specific remark is the following: "Apparently, the...
