THE EDITOR, Sir:Re the Manatt, Phelps and Phillips (MPP) enquiry and more:It occurs to me that if we were a really discerning people - imbued with a genuine spirit of discernment, especially among media commentators and 'civil society' - we might not be...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Your editorial on Tuesday, January 25, titled 'Values and attitudes, Chinese style', and letters published subsequently, especially Dr Andrew Higgins' 'The cure for incivility' on Wednesday, January 26, emphasised the urgent need for...
THE EDITOR, Sir: The prime minister, in responding to queries about the mortgage to Gorstew Ltd, pointed out that a similar thing had been done by the People's National Party (PNP) in relation to National Commercial Bank.
THE EDITOR, Sir:The editorial in the Sunday Gleaner of January 16 addressed the assembling of a distinguished group to advise Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett on policy for the tourism sector.There is no doubt that the individuals selected ...
THE EDITOR, Sir:ON NOVEMBER 23, 2010 I took my mother to the Accountant General Department in Kingston to have her pension routed directly to her bank account, as she currently resides in the United States.A form was given to us to fill in the pertinent...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I HAVE read in the newspaper that a gentleman has filed a lawsuit in the Florida courts against James Robertson, a minister of government in the present administration.
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...
