THE EDITOR, Sir:On Monday a brief letter from R.Oscar Lofters was published in which he expressed amazement at the hypocrisy of Drs Cooper and Stewart in promoting recognition of the Jamaican language alongside English.
The Editor, Sir: Your 'Letter of the day' of September 4, by Harold Malcolm, chiding Sergeant Raymond Wilson of the Jamaica Police Federation, seems to have attracted an inordinate amount of opposition from your readers online...
The Editor, Sir:Please publish this as an open letter to the policy-makers on medical education.My concerns stem from the fact that I have just been accepted by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona.
The Editor, Sir: Boredom is an emotion, which borders on mental ill-health. The pervasive lack of interest, which is reflected by the person who describes being bored...
The Editor, Sir: On Thursday, September 2, Rev Devon Dick's column stated that this is: "...a world in which the fittest survives in this rat race of life. It is to have might determining what is right and the minority powerful having the influence.
The Editor, Sir: As with so much of the writings of former prime minister, Edward Seaga, once you get past the avalanche of statistics and the seduction of scholarly presentation and get to the kernel of what he is saying...
The Editor, Sir: The Ministry of Education and the teacher-training institutions should halt the training of teachers for at least five years given the oversupply of trained teachers in the system that are yet to find...
The minister of national security and those supporting more draconian measures to reduce criminality in Jamaica are wasting precious time. The ethos surrounding criminality in Jamaica has its genesis in our slavery past, and the destruction of the Jamaican economy by politicians.
Until Jamaica is willing to arrest and convict senior politicians of BOTH sides of the political divide and senior police officers for involvement in corruption and criminality, including connections with gunmen and with drug traffickers, we will continue to have the problems we have been having.
Allow me to respond to the Reverend Devon Dick's article, 'Intolerance of God', published in The Gleaner dated September 2. Rev Dick highlights a number of issues as it relates to religious intolerance and God but deals with them in such a biased and narrow-minded manner that one can only deduce he is advancing a personal agenda.
In November of this year our universities (University of the West Indies, University of Technology, etc) will be graduating thousands of students from their fields of study. What has the Government been doing in anticipation of this? Lest we forget, it was Bruce Golding who had promised jobs and more jobs!
Sgt Raymond Wilson is out of order and should be fired. There is no other way to express my outrage at a member of the police force who accuse the Government and the prime minister of being responsible for the number of murders per year in Jamaica. Clearly, Mr Wilson is unaware of his role and must be disciplined forthwith
The Editor, Sir: When the threat of a hurricane is imminent, the standard practice is to store up on food and other essentials, batten down, and wait the hurricane out.
The Editor, Sir: In 1991, I was a recent college graduate and was ready to 'take on the world' of teaching, when I was introduced to a primary school class of 63 students.
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE EFFECTS of the Libel and Slander Act (and the Defamation Act), as they stand, have gone beyond muzzling the population of Jamaica, they have also seriously impacted the rights of Jamaicans to freedom of expression...
The Editor, Sir:Dr Peter Phillips, in commenting on the charge made by Bruce Golding that he signed treaty documents with the USA without the approval of the Cabinet, says he did nothing wrong (illegal)....
The Editor, Sir:Understandably irritated by persistent media calls for his resignation, the prime minister says he is "disappointed with the strategy that is being played out"; and he complaints that "...
The Editor, Sir:Portia Simpson Miller, former prime minister and current leader of the People's National Party (PNP) has named a five-member Integrity Commission and announced that "all its members of Parliament and prospective candidates will be...
The Editor, Sir: James Moss-Solomon is a man of considerable privilege, education and experience. On Monday, he announced his resignation from all public-sector boards to which he was appointed.
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THE EDITOR, Sir: I CAN TOTALLY relate to this story, as I had a similar experience in 1973.In 1973, I graduated from fifth form at Manchester High School in Mandeville.
Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE HIERARCHY of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has never been receptive to new ideas, neither to listen to them nor to implement them.
Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN ARE we going to ever learn? The arresting and charging of windshield cleaners will not solve anything, and the only result will be the creation of a new set of criminals.
