THE EDITOR, Sir:THE PEOPLE'S National Party's (PNP) coffers must be swollen, since the last general election, from dual-citizenship court cases because, seemingly, it is only Abe Dabdoub who knows of that constitutional breach.Ronnie Thwaites, if nobody...
THE EDITOR, Sir:SOMETIMES THE actions of political sycophants and petty bureaucrats do more damage to those who they are trying to suck up to than help them.Take the situation we ran into at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival held at the Trelawny...
THE EDITOR, Sir:ON December 21, 2010 Prime Minister Bruce Golding hinted in Parliament at the establishment of a Jamaican court to replace the Privy Council (PC).For years I have advocated the establishment of such a court, a tier above our court of...
THE EDITOR, Sir:WATER PRODUCTION and distribution in the island of Jamaica must take centre stage.One only need to have taken an interest in the varying reports carried in The Gleaner last year to realise ...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The latest poll which shows the Opposition People's National Party galloping away from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party is nothing the PNP should be proud of. The PNP gives the impression it would...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Homosexuality is neither right nor wrong, it is just a fact of life in every society, and no amount of shaming, slurs or anti-homosexual lyrics is going to stop it....
THE EDITOR, Sir:Andre Wright's article in yesterday's Gleaner, titled 'Tolerance doesn't mean agreement', attempted to bring some balance to the ongoing debate about Jamaica's continued criminalisation...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Re the column titled 'Tolerance doesn't mean agreement' published February 1, 2011.I have come to expect a more populist approach to the taboo topic of homosexuality when it is mentioned...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Derryck Penso obviously fails to understand the issue of dual citizenship, as evident in his letter, 'Dual citizenship does not equate to divided loyalty', published yesterday.No one can judge the extent of his loyalty, but we certainly...
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is disappointing that on Sunday, January 30, 2011, your newspaper should have printed an opinion piece by David Jessop titled 'The end of BBC Caribbean service', without any accompanying comment.
THE EDITOR, Sir: Malcolm Gladwell is the best-selling author of the book The Tipping Point.He is also of Jamaican parentage and would certainly be available to explain to us the tipping point phenomenon.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Recently when I visited the Traffic Court for the third consecutive trial date for a matter that I have repeatedly pleaded not guilty to, I felt vindicated when I asked Her Honour to throw out the matter for want of prosecution.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaica's main problem is corruption, a corruption so pervasive, so deep-seated, it affects the very foundation of the country, and solving this problem will require divine intervention or a revolution.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I WISH to comment on inaccuracies in the Rev Devon Dick's column published in The Gleaner on Friday, January 28.Many of my friends and relatives and I are naturalised United States citizens and have never been requested to renounce our...
THE EDITOR, Sir: We are from Manitoba, Canada.We just got home recently from beautiful Ocho Rios. Already, we miss the Jamaican friends we made while on a two-week stay at Couples Sans Souci.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I think Rodwin Green's attempt, in his letter to the editor on Sunday, January 30, to make a case for not having Patois taught in Jamaican schools was not all that convincing.Patois is unique, yes, but it is not just part of our cultural...
The Boys' Town community would like to use this medium to express our full and unwavering support for Mr Lynden Wright in his quest to become the next president of the Jamaica Cricket Association.
How ironic it is that the same people who campaigned on the principle of accountability are the very same ones who are taking to task the independent Office of the Contractor General (OCG).
I hear the Opposition Spokesman on Transport, Mr Bobby Pickersgill, is raising Cain over the naming of the Boscobel aerodrome after a foreign national and is also criticising the method that was used to arrive at the name.
I was listening to an overseas radio programme where I heard a Jamaican linguist arguing for Patois to be taught in Jamaican schools. I will be the first to admit that Patois is unique and should be cherished as part of our rich cultural heritage, but to teach it as a subject in our schools is taking it too far.
When the Grenadian prime minister criticised Jamaica's position, it was not a reference to ordinary Jamaicans, and is nothing for us Jamaicans to get overly nationalistic and defensive about. We should not feel a need to defend Prime Minister Golding's position.
The results of a study conducted by Professor Fred Hickling and his colleague Vanessa Paisley found that nearly one million adult Jamaicans suffer from mental illness. This is a situation requiring serious investigation as its existence could be construed as a crime against humanity.
