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Published:Thursday | May 27, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: When people refer to crime in Jamaica, they often use the metaphor of cancer. Cancer is, of course, a frightening illness, one that often requires radical surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation.

Published:Thursday | May 27, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: I read, with amazement and disbelief, the article titled 'Students experience exam nightmare' in Wednesday's Gleaner that tells of students at Alpha Academy and Wolmer's Girls' School sitting their examinations...

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Absolute madness.

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:AS A concerned Jamaican, I believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel for our dear country in this 'Dudus' saga.

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:THIS IS not the first or second time that Tivoli Gardens has been in the news in a negative way and it probably won't be the last, unless we get to the heart of the problem.It seems to me that we are expending considerable time and money...

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:It is with great dismay that I have just listened to the journalists at Tuesday's press conference.

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:A basic summary of our political history is one characterised by successive governments who have consistently brainwashed and exploited the poor and ignorant, who have been...

Published:Tuesday | May 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:While I appreciate the pained efforts of the security forces to extradite Christopher Coke in a manner so as not to cause too much distress to the populous Tivoli Gardens and Jamaica...

Published:Tuesday | May 25, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Let this be the last time that as a nation we experience the invasion of a garrison community.

Published:Monday | May 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:My compliments for your continuing efforts to address our serious social ills, especially the current political crisis.

Published:Monday | May 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I don't think Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller are doing enough to purge the apparent links that politicians have with gangs and criminals in Jamaica.

Published:Monday | May 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Jamaica is at a critical juncture of its development, and the gravity of the situation has been intensified because of the perceived, or actual conflicts of interest between several parties.

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:After the United States (US) pressured Jamaica into signing the documents for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's extradition, the thank you that the Jamaican people received was a 'US travel alert' that has the potential to destroy the nation's...

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Much has already been said about the matter regarding the extradition of Christopher Coke.

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I notice that in recent weeks, various groups, including the People's National Party (PNP) and the media, have developed a 'moral compass', but I have to wonder if the compass points just one way, and that's towards the Jamaica Labour...

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I note with dismay the partisan antics of the Gleaner, and I have to wonder what is in it for you to forever paint the Government in a bad light through contributors, columnists and your own staff writers.

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:The country has been living in a dream of deception, disbelief and denial over the relationship between political leaders and alleged criminals.

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:In 1992 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses, putting an end to over a century of institutionalised homophobia in the medical field.

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:For Jamaicans unsure that homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals should be ostracised even to the point of attack we need to look no further that the good book for ratification of this view.

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:It is a dismissive comment that one hears every so often even from people who ought to know better: "More people have been killed in the name of God and religion than any other cause.

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The position taken in the Gleaner's editorial of May 21 that Dorothy Lightbourne should resign is reaffirming the opinion that there is a group of persons in the Jamaican society that are underestimating the intelligence of...

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:Considering that Dr Peter Phillips is the point man for the People's National Party (PNP) on extradition affairs, and now that the attorney general has signed the extradition document, one would almost expect him to lead his troops,...

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:To say that Jamaica is in a crisis is to understate the gravity of the situation arising out of the Manatt affair.

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir: Now that the prime minister has apologised to the nation, we are waiting to see what is next. The signing of the extradition order...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Editor, Sir:I am disappointed in the way the Jamaica Council of Churches has joined in the multitude in meting out judgement without mercy on the leader of this nation.

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