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Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: For many years, I have been calling for a government policy to develop a sports industry in Jamaica.

Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: From all indications, the current state of emergency implemented by the Government seems to have the full support of the majority of Jamaicans.

Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: At long last we are reading more each day about our long-forgotten farmers.

Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) seems to be up to its old ways of mismanagement.

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS cause to be concerned about the impact on children who are exposed to violence in Jamaica.

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: In Nerissa Braimbridge's article in The Sunday Gleaner of July 18, several points are made in her otherwise well-written article that demonstrate a simultaneous and self-contradictory defence and promotion of the Jamaican patois...

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Please publish as a note to Dr Glenda Simms re her July 18 Sunday Gleaner article 'Diasporic illogic and disrespect'. Dr Simms, The reason we have so much conflict in this world is that people like you put too much meaning into everything...

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The prime minister's recent comments promising to reconsider the University of Technology's (UTech's) proposal for the Trelawny stadium is the best news I have heard in a long time.

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: IMAGINE A community that is not provided with running water, but where its residents have to pay a water bill.

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LONG-AWAITED ruling that the people of Harbour View had been waiting on for the last 25 years is important for a variety of reasons.

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The intentions of the 13-track Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) album are clearly stated in the upbeat title, JAVAA To The World. And on the journey from the studio to the Half-Way Entertainment Complex, then, hopefully, 'to the world', the album has received some help from the Canadian High Commission.

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

This is my fifth letter to you as I am livid. The scandalous state of May Pen Cemetery is the basis of the summer of my discontent. While my neighbours and I are grateful for the recent facelift efforts, we are equally upset that some of the trees that shielded us from the merciless Jamaican sun over the years were cut down.

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Britain has a new foreign policy. Its coalition government has begun to enunciate a more pragmatic approach that recognises the ways in which the world has changed, political and economic relationships overlap, and new centres of power are emerging.

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: As an ordinary and generally law-abiding Jamaican citizen, I have no problem with the limited State of Emergency that has been in effect since May 24, 2010.

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Please publish this as an open letter to Transport Minister Mike HenryDear Mr Henry:I would like to bring to your attention a pressing issue, that you are probably aware of and which is causing a great deal of concern to residents in St...

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I am writing in response to an article titled: 'Brady paid off Manatt, says JLP' in yesterday's publication of The Gleaner.

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The point raised in Peter-Ann Baker's article in the July 11 edition of The Sunday Gleaner is timely and should be viewed by every citizen in Jamaica as integral to foster change and development while reducing the level of crime.

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

In recent news reports we learned that a man who had been wanted for murder over the last 10 years was finally arrested. This does not speak well for the investigative skills of our security forces.

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Jamaica is caught in the vortex of a devastating lack of leadership in the area of governance. Corruption, incompetence and the ugly political grab for power that characterizes the modus operandi of our major political parties have, not surprisingly...

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: A recent comment by Mr Daryl Vaz in reference to the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair stated: "When you hear the utterances of this born-again People's National Party (PNP) on the moral and integrity platform ..., they have a lot...

Published:Saturday | July 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Karl Samuda is perhaps one of the most astute politicians in the country. He will win his seat for any party. We recall when he left the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and referred to Edward Seaga as "a little despot".

Published:Friday | July 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:My parents bought a car before they had intended to, more than 50 years ago, as they found that the public transportation system was woefully inadequate.

Published:Friday | July 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: I VISITED a prominent lawyer's office in the Half-Way Tree area one morning recently, and found an embarrassing situation at the multi-business office.

Published:Friday | July 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: WE WISH to give public recognition and express appreciation to the National Works Agency (NWA) and its officers, particularly Norris Richards, for carrying out critical road-safety measures...

Published:Friday | July 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: I read with interest the news that three sugar factories will be acquired by the Chinese company, Complant International. How ironic that it was the sugar plantations that beckoned the first Chinese arrivals...

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