Letters

THE EDITOR, Sir:The revelation - according to Jamaica Public Service (JPS) records - that fewer than 30 of the more than 4,000 residents in the community of Tivoli Gardens are registered as customers shows the level of theft and should be a concern to...

I have been thinking about the motto of 'out of many, one people'. That means we all share in the criminal element, whether we like or not. It is just like smoking - there are those people who actually smoke but we all have the potentiality of becoming passive smokers and a passive smoker is equally at risk as the actual smoker.

FOR AT least the last decade, the phrase 'dismantling the garrisons' has become the recipe for curbing and reducing crime and violence in our society. But what exactly does it mean? I have discussed ways and means of dismantling garrisons with a wide range of persons and have really never been able to get my mind around a reasonable method.

I am a 13-year old male student of the Old Harbour High school who resides in the environs of Spanish Town and has experienced violent situations. I am writing this letter to voice my opinion on this whole Christopher 'Dudus' Coke issue. It has got out of hand, causing chaos in Kingston, Spanish Town and surrounding areas.

As an avid football lover, I recently bought into a cable subscription from Flow so as to be able to watch and comfortably enjoy all the matches of the World Cup in clear signals and receive first-class match analysis.

The six anti-crime bills may well add to the difficulties of our institutions - police, courts, prosecutors, lock-ups, and prisons - in addressing crime. The police at present lack the numbers, vehicles, and the support systems to succeed in reducing crime.

Like many Jamaicans, I grew up on the precepts that 'every mickle makes a muckle' and that 'one-one cocoa full basket'. Every lesson I have heard about saving, taught me that putting away a small bit with each pay cheque, or as often as possible, will one day lead to substantial amounts. Why then is Scotiabank undermining an invaluable cultural lesson and punishing those of us who only have mickles and singular cocoas?

The Editor, Sir: Allow me space in your newspaper to respond to your Letter of the Day published June 10, titled 'Studying sugar to death' penned by Mark Clarke.Mr Clarke makes the point that the industry has been...

THE EDITOR, Sir:How did a black baby boy that someone loved enough to name 'Dudus' - a term of endearment - come to be almost as infamous as Osama Bin Laden?

THE EDITOR, Sir:I was profoundly perturbed and perplexed by the naive pronouncement of the opposition spokesman on national security that the recent operations in western Kingston by the security forces "have cut off the head of the crime monster".

THE EDITOR, Sir: The Gleaner of June 9 carried a full-page advertisement from the Jamaica Public Service Company, saying 'JPS rates lower than many Caribbean territories' for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

THE EDITOR, Sir:Thank God something is being done about the criminals who have held Jamaica hostage for so many years.