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Published:Thursday | June 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I was seriously disappointed and let down by Michael Sharpe's attempts to understand Tivoli in a recent episode of 'Your Issues Live'.

Published:Thursday | June 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The prime minister has succumbed to pressure from bleeding heart liberals and watered down a very important (if not the most important) aspect of the anti-crime bills by placing a condition on the penalty for persons caught with an...

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:The People's National Party (is about to select a new candidate for the North East St Elizabeth constituency seat, in order to replace embattled incumbent Kern Spencer.

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir; DR CAROLYN Gomes and her counterparts, along with all members of Parliament, speak to the average Jamaican from a distance as it relates to the monster of crime that is Jamaica's nemesis.

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:IT IS time for the Jamaican state to abolish the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) as the main conduit through which students from primary schools are 'transferred' to secondary institutions.

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I heard the commissioner of police saying, on the TV, that the continuation of the state of emergency will depend on the political directorate.

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: JAMAICANS LIVING in areas like Cherry Gardens have no idea what it feels like living under captivity.

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: JAMAICA IS in crisis! If we look closely, it is a crisis of males. At a deeper level, it is a crisis of fathers (or not enough good fathers). As I said in my sermon on Sunday, reported in this paper yesterday....

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The 'made up in his mind' article by Don Robotham published in the Sunday Gleaner (June 20) cannot be taken as a serious attempt to critique or even criticise garrisons.

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Nestled between Lacovia and Fullerswood, St Elizabeth, there is a quaint farming community called Slipe.

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:The head of the Jamaican diaspora in London, recently made a call for the younger folk to come forth from the background and solve Jamaica's problems...

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The recent hike in electricity rate has sparked concerns among all Jamaicans, and rightfully so. This is because it is common knowledge that the hike in electricity cost has a domino effect...

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Peter Espeut's Friday, June 18 column on the value of an education in Jamaica is just another presentation of a modern, economic-elitist philosophy that, rather than freeing us from it...

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: I have read the letters with the usual opinions expressed regarding the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) exams and the resulting placement of students to 'traditional' and 'non-traditional' high schools...

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: This letter is to parents whose children have not been placed in their school of choice or a traditional high school.The point has now been reached where it is not possible to place all children who have...

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: "Politics is not a road that angels tread," says Paul Souingne, a Canadian member of parliament.

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: Congratulation to those students who were successful in the GSAT examination, and good wishes to those who were not successful, but this is only the beginning to a new start...

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:THE results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) are quite confusing to parents, students, teachers and the public at large.

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) monster has raised its ugly head once more.How I hate this time of the year when the grade-six students are made to endure the terror of the GSAT monster!

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: A FEW months ago, the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation embarked on an ambitious and well-needed project to rid the city of sidewalk garages to restore some law and order to the city.

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: I write with reference to your editorial of June 19, titled 'The controversial CAP shares'.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Please allow me space to share my testimony with Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and other young people in trouble with the law.Isaiah 61:1 - "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the...

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:BELOW is my letter of resignation from the Jamaica Labour Party, dated June 17, 2010, and sent to the general secretary.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Dear Daddy:I don't know if you read the papers.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

I READ the Letter of the Day from Patrick Gallimore and would like to congratulate him for sharing his concerns. Although I agree with his concerns, rather than our parliamentarians voting their consciences, which among Jamaican politicians seem to have become extremely weak, I would rather they vote the will of the people who sent them to Parliament.

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