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Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Recently, I have observed that the electronic media is very much into speculation, hearsay and gossip, just like the ordinary citizens out there.

Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:It is interesting to hear persons refer to some schools as 'traditional high' schools and others as 'non-performing' high schools.

Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: It is very clear our police officers are looking for soft target to create a scene. I am referring to the situation involving the Rev Al Miller...

Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The annual discussions surrounding the transfer and placement of pupils from the primary to the secondary level, while not necessarily undesirable, will be a permanent feature of the education landscape until 'non-traditional' secondary...

Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: The more the crime bills are discussed and written about in the public domain, the more confusing the whole issue becomes.The bills are due to be passed in the Senate having already been passed in Parliament...

Published:Friday | June 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: "Pray for me and God bless Jamaica; I leave Jamaica and my family, in particular Patsy (mother Pauline 'Patsy' Halliburton), with a heavy heart,"I take this decision for I now believe it to be...

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

The Editor, Sir:"Even in incarceration, he is conducting his criminal enterprise.I happen to know about it. I had to order additional security to be assigned to one of my ministers because his assassination...

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

The Editor, Sir:The Revered Al Miller must be reminded that despite his quite probably good intentions, he and Dudus are not beyond the laws of this land.I say this as despite the alleged wishes of Dudus to be transported...

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

The Editor, Sir:By defusing the stalemate between the security forces and Jamaica's most wanted Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, Rev Al Miller, representing the Church, performed a job, not exactly outside his jurisdiction, in...

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.

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