THE EDITOR, Sir:AFTER LIVING in Jamaica for most of my long life, on only one occasion was I able to say something complimentary about the police, I suppose because I have been exposed to police officers in other jurisdictions, I have never accepted...
"CAN YOU you tell me how to get that man out of my house?" A weary middle-age woman posed the question to a senior police officer at a recent neighbourhood watch meeting in Caribbean Terrace several weeks ago.
THE EDITOR, Sir: IF I understand its recent declarations, I am now on-board, as it were, with the Air Jamaica workers coalition, led by Jamaican Airline Pilots Association (JALPA), for coming up at last with a good idea.
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT APPEARS the Ministry of Education has committed a serious faux pas. This is based on the recent findings of the ministry's appointed private investigator into missing test booklets for Pembroke Hall Primary School...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I HAVE been reading with concern the many objections to the National Security Minister Dwight Nelson's statement regarding the granting of bail to suspected kidnappers.
The Editor, Sir: THE PUBLIC debate currently raging over the fate of Air Jamaica has unveiled a certain troubling attitude among some Jamaicans to CARICOM in general, and to Trinidad and Tobago in particular.For these Jamaicans, the debate has not been...
The Editor, Sir:I WISH to support the sentiments expressed by my learned colleague Bert Samuels in his Letter of the Day on February 16 and headlined, 'Minister's 'reckless' statement'.An independent judiciary is one of the greatest safeguards of the...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:AT A recent press conference, the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association (JALPA), stated that it has private sector backers ready to finance its bid to purchase Air Jamaica and that it also has the support of the Opposition.
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:EVERY NOW and then one of our leaders have what can only be described as a catharsis. Former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies had his in 2003 at Meadowbrook High with his 'run wid it' utterance and now it is the turn of Dr Horace Chang...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:ALL OF us at LIME and, I dare say, many thousands of Jamaicans, were truly baffled by Digicel Jamaica's CEO, Mark Linehan, when he described last Thursday's (February 11) judgment of the Supreme Court which went squarely in LIME's favour...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:WHILE THE recent report on juveniles in the nation's penal facilities is shocking, it highlights the fact that as a country we have failed our children.
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE RECENT fires at the Riverton City landfill that burned for two nights have signalled again the urgent need for an alternative dump site for the city's refuse. Not only is the dump becoming an extreme health hazard to the communities...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:I WRITE regarding the article on Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) by your financial columnist, Wilberne Persuad, on February 12, 2010.It is a cardinal rule that a columnist should disclose any conflict of interest when...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I HAVE been following the work of your columnist Ian Boyne for quite some time and I must say I have the deepest respect for him.I must commend him for not only giving his unbiased opinion...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I RECENTLY spent nine lovely days in Jamaica and during this time I became aware of a confusing and disconcerting practice at some restaurants in Kingston and Ocho Rios.
THE EDITOR, Sir: No! No! No! Minister Nelson have we forgotten the sacred bulwark upon which our democracy is founded - that there must always be a separation of powers...
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM outraged at the alleged conditions in which children are detained, as outlined in your Sunday Gleaner article dubbed: 'Confined to 'hell': Jailed children suffer in MoBay'...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I WAS alarmed at the statement, allegedly made by the minister of national security in yesterday's Gleaner lead story headlined: 'Rage over bail'.As an attorney, I know that many times a decision reached by...
THE EDITOR, Sir: AT THE recently held annual conference of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, I spoke, inter alia, about wage adjustments in the public sector.
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN AN era of global airline deregulation, and the promotion of free-market economies, it's startling to see the Jamaican Government signing an official non-binding agreement that would preclude any qualified...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaicans of a certain age are well aware that Jamaica was a far safer place back in the days when justice was severe, swift and sure. Those days are now long gone....
The Editor, Sir: I thought it necessary to write this email to commend Mary Nichols, the head of region six in the Ministry of Education. It is with heartfelt gratitude that I write...
