Commentary

This is a submission from the Mona campus organisation, UWI Leads Social Justice and Change.We write in response to your article 'Patterson urges CARICOM to condemn Dom Rep's latest immigration law against Haitians' dated Thursday, October 10, 2013,...

The recent cancellation of the CAPE 2013 physics grades of 70 Jamaica College students should be a wake-up call for the entire country.

To the untrained eye, last Sunday Gleaner's story titled 'Keep your award!' was about classical pianist Orrett Rhoden's declination of a national honour because of unanswered letters and an inability to get audience with the prime minister.

"Out of many one is tru but only a few on page 2." That's the irreverent quip on a street sign crafted by the illustrator and mural painter Matthew McCarthy for his 'New Jamaica' project.

When we hear about or mention homeless persons, we most times label them as 'mad people'. While not everyone who is homeless is mentally ill, a large number of this population is. It is often followed by the statement, "Him gone." One is left to wonder, where has he gone, and why?

In an article published in The Gleaner on October 11, 2013, under the caption 'Businessmen give green light to prostitution', it was reported that one of the men, Davon Crump, expressed the view that while he does not support prostitution from a moral standpoint, legalisation would streamline the practice in terms of health concerns.

I write to you as a retired teacher, and out of great disappointment. My concern is not so much with the classroom (grade or subject) teachers, but with those set to supervise: the Ministry of Education, the school board, and the principals.

It was announced a few days ago that Sachin Tendulkar would retire from all forms of cricket after his 200th Test against the West Indies in a couple of weeks. It will bring to an end one of the most outstanding careers in cricket history....

Dirty downtown roadside 'pool'Brothers in Christine Hewitt murder case freedDisgusting; we are talking about the Island's Capitol.

As someone who travels the Caribbean from time to time, I welcome the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the Shanique Myrie case.

Handcart operators being registered, to pay $3,000 feePolice remove portraits of west Kingston iconsWe pay TV licence in London, £158 a year.

THE EDITOR, Sir:On October 3, Dr Carolyn Gomes and I, on behalf of Jamaicans for Justice and the Jamaica Civil Society Coalition, using Peace Management Initiative (PMI) data, made a presentation to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Criminal...