THE EDITOR, Sir: My compliments to Ms Peggy Bleyberg, director of the Hillel Academy, whose letter was published in The Gleaner on Saturday, January 22, for her succinct assessment of at least one of the reasons for the superior performance of her...
THE EDITOR, Sir:On December 14, 2010, WGS10 compensation was sought from the National Water Commission (NWC) after receiving three consecutive estimated water bills.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I wish to commend the men and women of the security forces, especially the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and its fine leader, Commissioner Owen Ellington, for their untiring efforts to curb crime and maintain order within the...
THE EDITOR, Sir: Here we go again! Half the Jamaican population is suffering from a mental illness according to our erstwhile, well-educated psychiatrists.
THE EDITOR, Sir:The idea of fixed dates for elections in Jamaica has been proposed. One wonders if the proponents of this idea have thought through its implications within the Westminster parliamentary democracy system.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I am responding to a letter published on January 20, congratulating Senior Superintendent (SSP) Radcliffe Lewis for his insight and initiative in attempting to rid our streets of young men wiping windscreens.
THE EDITOR, Sir:"It is abundantly clear that the Constitution does not confer on every Jamaican citizen the right to be elected as a member of the House of Representatives." - McCalla, CJ.There have been calls to...
Over the years, one may assume that responsible public servants have taken a piecemeal approach to crime fighting, and this has not borne much fruit, resulting in escalating crime and violence being experienced by our citizens and those who visit our...
THE EDITOR, Sir:This letter is in response to the letter by Mr Bert Samuels, attorney-at-law, and addressed to Mr Bruce Golding, prime minister.When I was a young boy, my grandmother told me, "Speak the truth and speak it ever, cost it what it may."...
THE EDITOR, Sir:We are very grateful for the assessment of our school expressed by Mr Din Duggan in The Gleaner of January 19, 2011.However, some salient points need to be added.First, most of Hillel Academy teachers are Jamaica- or Caribbean-born and...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I write in response to the letter to the editor, published in The Gleaner on January 20, about burning being a nuisance to the environment.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I totally agree with Lance Neita on the untapped tourist attractions in Jamaica. I would go even further to state that the people involved in the tourism market...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Masquerading their proposals as efforts to uplift the working and lower classes from dependence on government has proven to be the main reason why Jamaicans do not trust either political party.We always hear both leaders articulate...
THE EDITOR, Sir:THOSE WHO have the formal responsibility to present us to the world and to ourselves must always appreciate that Jamaica is its people, culture and history, with that indefinable 'something' that identifies us...
THE EDITOR, Sir:WHY HAVE we forsaken our own and named the Boscobel Aerodrome after a foreigner? Why have we not considered naming it after any of the Jamaicans responsible for the past and future development of the area, for example, the Issas,...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The prime minister, addressing Parliament on Tuesday, was obviously upset by the fact that the courts seem to be entertaining high legal costs filed by lawyers in election petition matters recently decided in the courts.
THE EDITOR, Sir:MOTORISTS IN the Corporate Area who were being inconvenienced or harassed by the young men wiping windscreens at stop lights should be congratulating Senior Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis, who had the vision and gets to deal...
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is with utter disgust that I write this letter about burning.Sir, apart from the constant burning of garbage and debris, there is a chemical/metal smelling substance that is being burnt not only in the inner cities, but almost...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The problem of foreign vessels entering our waters and stealing from our fisheries has been plaguing us for a long time.The Fisheries Advisory Board, in conjunction with biologists from the University of the West Indies, recently did a...
THE EDITOR, Sir:For a man who holds no brief for anyone, I find it inexplicable how Mr Ian Boyne could be so generous to Mr Delano Seiveright as to declare that the "young man is not your typical tribalist".Mr Seiveright's remarks never seem to bear the...
THE EDITOR, Sir:A recent news report about the unfairness in the allocation of funds for road repair and maintenance in some areas of St Elizabeth should not cause the mayor of Black River to invoke his Christian beliefs in affirming his commitment to...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Whenever I feel there is nothing I have not yet heard, I am humbled to discover there is no limit to man's stupidity, and every day brings a new inanity.Good money, I am sure, has been spent 'educating' these language experts, who must...
