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Published:Wednesday | October 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I COULD not help hearing a recent interview with the mayor of Kingston regarding the collapse of a retaining wall in Norbrook, St Andrew, resulting in the demise of three workers.

Published:Wednesday | October 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I HAVE to wonder if anything good can come out of McDonald Lane in southwest St Andrew...

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: As a nation, we only seem to be concerned with the state of our infrastructure as a knee-jerk response to damage and inconvenience to the general public...

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: It is said Jamaica ranks second, after Japan, with the highest density of road network in the world.

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:The recent thrust and urgency of the Ministry of Education regarding literacy development is long overdue and necessary.

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:The article 'Beliefs, myths & mind control' by Gordon Robinson (October 3) is one of the best articles I have read in your newspaper.

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Owners of and visitors to apartments, town houses and commercial offices in strata properties beware! I recently suffered the misfortune of an electronic gate closing on my car while...

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:This is an open letter to Jamaican citizens.A recent article on a set of nominations for awards presented by the American Chamber of Commerce, Jamaica Chapter....

Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Delano Seiveright, president of Generation 2000, the young professionals' group affiliated to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, has been complaining that the privately owned media...

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:What if Jamaica was not hit by Tropical Storm Nicole but, rather, a hurricane? The destruction would be unimaginable.

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Allow me space in your publication to respond to a letter in which Member of Parliament Lisa Hanna defends her thesis on 'clean coal' as a possible energy source on which to build our economic future. ...

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Re: Beliefs, myths & mind control (In Focus, October 3).Gordon Robinson had better not give up his day job as an 'attorney' to become a theologian.

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Why was the toll road for the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 not opened when the Mandela Highway was rendered impassable recently? Who would be held responsible if lives were lost trying to use the flooded highway?...

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: An open letter to Minister Mike Henry.Dear Minister Henry,Having appealed to you on several occasions by way of telephone conversations about the dismal and disgraceful condition of the main south-coast road...

Published:Monday | October 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I am compelled to respond to Dr Patricia Holness' letter published in The Gleaner on Friday, October 1, in which she addressed some of the concerns I highlighted in your...

Published:Saturday | October 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:In his letter of September 12, Eric Gaynor of Mandeville suggested that my prescriptive analysis of the present problems in Jamaica as madness was simplistic and the narrow focus of a...

Published:Saturday | October 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers reacting to yesterday's story 'Death and despair' about the destruction caused by Tropical Storm Nicole.

Published:Saturday | October 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:There are many critics of the way Jamaica seems to be heading down the wrong road, and then there is the rhetoric adopted by some politicians, such as, "We are not changing course," or: "Full speed ahead, Driver."

Published:Saturday | October 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The good news is that something is finally going to be done about the pirates who infest the Somali coast and raid far out into the Indian Ocean.

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Since the Bog Walk gorge, as part of the island's road system will always be with us, it is time that its use be made safer.

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: I write in response to a letter captioned 'RGD's, Kingston Mall torture', published in The Gleaner on Tuesday, July 27.

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor Sir:Once again there is painstaking evidence before us that the National Water Commission's (NWC) systems are not adequately equipped to withstand natural disasters.

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:What role, if any, can the governor general, Sir Patrick Allen, play in defusing the public row between Greg Christie and Paula Llewellyn? I am saddened and shudder at the thought that these two public officials...

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Re: 'Businesses repurchasing plastic bottles' in The Gleaner published yesterday:Jamaica's business sector has always been irresponsible about our environment until legally forced to change attitudes.

Published:Friday | October 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Kindly allow me to comment on two letters which appeared recently in your columns: 'Poor Rev Dick' by Michael Dingwall and 'The universe did not create itself' by Patrick Gallimore.Unlike Messrs Dick and Gallimore, comfortably...

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