Published:Thursday | September 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir:The Michaelmas session of our circuit courts began in earnest with the usual pomp and ceremony last Thursday as carried by this newspaper.
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, SIR:IT IS with a sense of shock and outrage that I feel duty bound to share a recent experience, with the hope that there will be a change before more innocent lives are lost.Recently, I was in the company...
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN RESPONSE to the Letter of the Day published in The Gleaner of Monday, September 6, titled 'Halt teacher training for five years', I beg to disagree with the writer's suggestion....
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:IN A world that has a major conflict on almost every continent, anarchy has almost become common place in many countries.But amid all this and the seemingly endless waves of violence, mini massacres, reckless driving and unhealthy social...
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITHOUT DOUBT, the best time for our leaders is when they are in opposition. It reminds me of my own grandparents who were often so nice and encouraged us to come...
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE OPPOSITION'S promise of tax breaks for business sounds hollow when you consider the dim state of the economy it left three years ago, the even darker state in which the People's National Party...
Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE RULING Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is now at the point of disarray and almost panic, brought on from their many missteps during the past few months, culminating with a very public spat between the prime minister and party functionary...
The Editor, Sir: With reference to Egerton Chang's column in The Sunday Gleaner, "Snouts in the trough - battling obesity", Jamaica does have a problem.
The Editor, Sir: I refer to the front page story in The Gleaner of Saturday, September 18, in which Transport Minister Mike Henry accused the Opposition of trying to gain cheap mileage in this dispute regarding the roads...
The Editor, Sir: Jamaica has become consumed by scandal, corruption and murder.Every day the media are burdened with the task of reporting unfortunate news.
The Editor, Sir: Bert Samuels in his article published on September 20, titled "A house of ill repute", quoted Section 46 of our Constitution which reads: "(1) Any person who sits and votes in either House knowing or having reasonable ground for knowing...
The Editor, Sir: While defending 'Concerned Parent's' right to hide behind a pseudonym, I am surprised that someone writing - Saturday's Gleaner, September 18 - on such a vitally important but non-threatening topic as "resigning from Jamaica"...
The Editor, Sir: The recent 'crackdown' and arrests of windscreen washers and the subsequent debate on television [TVJ - Impact: Thursday, September 9,] between Howard Hamilton, Q.C., Alvin 'Rocky' Campbell and Deputy Superintendent...
The Editor, Sir: When asked why Harold Brady wasn't reported to the General Legal Council, the prime minister said "One has to do with what capacity was Mr Brady acting in.
The Editor, Sir: There can be no illusion that the present cacophony is, to a large extent, the construct of the prime minister's - not because of corruption, absence of morality or malice, but because of naivety and some arrogance.
The Editor, Sir: A day in politics is like a year.Although the Manatt debacle has seriously wounded the Jamaica Labour Party administration, it is doing a good job with this economy.
The Editor, Sir: Currently, there is no duty imposed on either the Electoral Office or prospective candidates to ensure compliance with the conditions stipulated in the Constitution of Jamaica for qualification to sit in Parliament....
The Editor, Sir: On Saturday I saw my friend Peter (fictitious name).He is one of those boys (now an adult) who had been out on the street cleaning windscreens from the time I met him 11 years ago.
I am sure the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is spending as many hours figuring out how to overcome Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (MPP) as the People's National Party (PNP) is spending time figuring out how to ride it all the way back to Jamaica House.
As I listen to the prime minister trying to explain, rationalise, and apologise for the fiasco that has become known as the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips saga, nothing he has said so far has helped to address two concerns that have arisen from this sordid affair.
There seems to be something lost in the interaction between the church leaders and the political movement through its various committees. Their interactions always seem to get a fair amount of public attention. However, what of purpose and their effectiveness? They have no binding power and in my opinion should not seek or be assigned power.
Published:Saturday | September 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir: Please publish as a letter to Education Minister Andrew Holness.Dear Mr Holness,I write to express my deep concern for students at primary-level education and their parents.
