Letters

The Editor, Sir:Labour Day 2010 will go down in history as the beginning of one of the most significant periods in our history, and should be ranked alongside the Christmas Rebellion of 1838, The Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 and our Independence in...

The Editor, Sir:I write in response to the article in The Sunday Gleaner of July 18 titled 'School probe'.

The Editor, Sir: A continued state of emergency is an artificial solution to a real problem. It seems to me that the state of emergency that has been in effect over the past two months and all the successes...

The Editor, Sir: With all due respect, Martha Adams is misguided in the particular way she refers to Fr Richard Ho Lung in her letter to you of July 15.We are all human and prone to error (and of course criticism, and...

The Editor, Sir: The abstentions by Opposition MPs in the parliamentary vote to extend the limited state of emergency represents the worst aspects of our democracy, where out of sheer political expediency a national institution has sacrificed all it has...

The Editor, Sir: Much has been in the media about the failure of the Government to extend the state of emergency for 30 days and the lack of cooperation of the Opposition to supply the necessary votes on July 20...

THE EDITOR, Sir: Our politicians really have a knack for transforming any serious issue into a political football, distracting the rest of the Jamaican people from what is really important.

The Editor, Sir: To paraphrase Victor Hugo, the French human rights activist of the 19th century, there is always more misery in the less fortunate than there is humanity in those who lead. A generation ago...

THE EDITOR, Sir: Recently, Prime Minister Bruce Golding told Labourites at a Jamaica Labour Party conference that he did not care what is written about him because he would not be distracted from the work he had to do...

THE EDITOR, Sir: Neville Beckord's narrow and uninformed piece in The Gleaner asks what he perceives to be the big question: Why berate the security forces?

THE EDITOR, Sir: I would like to make reference to the well written article by Dr Glenda Simms on July 18, and which was further disputed by several persons thereafter....

THE EDITOR, Sir: In his letter to you of July 15, Peter Anglin made a very good suggestion regarding the development of a database of tradesmen in the island.