THE EDITOR, Sir:As a Jamaican living in North America, all I see being marketed to me is sea.Have we forgotten the fruitfulness the green in our island's vegetation represents?
THE EDITOR, Sir:I am wondering if I need to congratulate the Ministry of Agriculture on the latest Eat Jamaican campaign, or first just to try to understand why we need a media blitz to convince Jamaicans to eat what we grow and grow what we eat.For far...
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am an American history professor who had recently disembarked at Falmouth. I had heard about the splendours of the Greenwood Great House nearby...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Some elected representatives have allowed political loyalty to blindfold them and become a stumbling block to giving true representation to those they are elected to serve...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I read with interest an article published in the Flair Magazine of Monday, February 28, 2011 by attorney-at-law Sherry-Ann McGregor.The article highlights the need for the Rent Restriction Act to be amended.
THE EDITOR, Sir: I read with a great deal of interest Marc Ramsay's call for a political revolution in Jamaica. May I say to Mr Ramsay, a law student at the University of the West Indies, be careful what you wish for.
THE EDITOR, Sir: Dennis Morrison's article in The Sunday Gleaner of February 27 was concise and accurate. The Jamaican economy is built on the automobile. At first, we borrow US dollars and import a car.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Ash Wednesday (March 9) marks the beginning of Lent. It is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful passion and joyful resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
THE EDITOR, Sir: On February 17, 2011, The Gleaner published the photograph of a directional sign at the intersection of Hagley Park and Eastwood Park roads.
THE EDITOR, Sir: The Manatt-Coke commission of enquiry was supposed to find the truth - hoping that all would be made plain. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wanted so much to break the silence and tell it like it is, and the People's National Party waited with bated breath for this to be realised.
THE EDITOR, Sir: I read with interest Robert Buddan's article in The Sunday Gleaner, dated February 27, about the secret memoranda of understanding (MOUs).It is Buddan's belief that Peter Phillips was correct to have not shared the knowledge of the MOUs...
THE EDITOR, Sir: When will the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) start lobbying seriously for the interest of the people they represent? I think it is gross oppression for utility companies to charge residential...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Those who are in tune with the recent riots across the Middle East are deeply taken up in thought as it relates to the impact on the Western world.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Appalled and in utter dismay is how I found myself at the end of the Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools' Challenge Quiz second-round match, aired Tuesday, February 22, 2011, between Cornwall College and Ardenne High.When the final bell...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Regarding an AP story about a new book referencing the pope's exoneration of Jews for Jesus' death, everyone knows that the Jews were not collectively responsible for murdering Christ.It was the temple aristocracy and those whom they...
THE EDITOR, Sir:During my annual Christmas vacation in Jamaica, I was invited by friends to travel to the United States (US) by private aircraft, but in order to do this I was required to have a US visa, as the green waiver, in this instance, would not...
Ask the US to testify - Has anyone asked the US State Department to testify at the Manatt commission of enquiry? I would be of the view that they could provide tremendous assistance in this matter.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I am sure I speak for a host of retired, elderly, schoolchildren and other persons when I give a huge shout-out to the Bank of Jamaica for the month-end lunch-hour concerts.
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE GLEANER editorial of two weeks ago titled 'Groping in the dark on school discipline' is spot on.What is unfortunate is that it has not received sufficient traction since...
Below are excerpts from comments made by readers at www.jamaica-gleaner.com to the front-page story in yesterday's Gleaner, 'Special classes for repeat flunkers of Grade 4 Test'.Plan won't improve students' skillsWhile I support the need...
THE EDITOR, Sir: REGARDLESS OF who first publicly proposed the concept of 'eating what you can grow', it is a good one. The concept enunciated by the progressive thinking Michael Manley (my opinion, for what it's worth ) was not an original one...
