The Editor, Sir: I accompanied my wife and two small children to the Caymanas River recently to soak up some of the cool water and relaxation it offers.
The Editor, Sir:I have noticed in recent times, both in the print and electronic media, that almost every Jamaican man, woman and child is now an 'authority' on the International Extradition Treaty between Jamaica and the United States of America....
The Editor, Sir: How refreshing to read Martin Henry's column 'Building on trust', published Sunday, April 11. For some 15 to 20 years I have been greatly concerned with the catastrophic fall in social capital which has been occurring in Jamaica.
The Editor, Sir: Recently, the local news media claimed that at the present murder rate in Jamaica, we may hit 2,000 this year. I waited for a retraction, but good sense has given way to hype and fright.
The Editor, Sir: As we continue to experience the worst drought in recent memory and the inadequacies of the measures at the national level for accessing, storing and distributing water in 'Xaymaca - land of wood and water'...
The Editor, Sir: In the aftermath of Tuesday's opening presentation in the 2010-2011 Budget Debate by Finance Minister Audley Shaw, fundamentally divergent assessments were proffered by two of Jamaica's eminent economic/financial analysts.
The Editor, Sir:It is with great dismay I write this letter. The way criminals have become bold and relentless in our society is disgusting. I can just imagine the pain and agony the parents of those three students...
The Editor, Sir: On Sunday, Jamaica entered a crucial election period that has nothing to do with either of our major political parties.Instead, the battle has begun between the People's National...
The Editor, Sir:Recently, you have been placing a banner headline in The Gleaner, daily, of the number of murders committed in Jamaica since the start of the year.I am not denying that these murders occur.
The Editor, Sir: Over many years, we as Jamaicans have been experiencing drought and water restrictions.But are we, as a people, preparing ourselves for the impending rain?
The Editor, Sir: We are faced with a situation where three public sector groups in particular are pressuring the Government to pay up and they seem merciless.
The Editor, Sir: As I walk through the streets of May Pen, my heart is heavy as children walk up to me asking "Miss, mi a beg you a $20." My usual response is "Where are your parents?"...
The Editor, Sir: After 11 fairly happy years as a customer of the National Water Commission, I suddenly find myself a victim of what I consider extortion.
The Editor, Sir:It was with relief that I noted some months ago the paradigm shift of The Gleaner away from the negative and macabre sensationalism embodied in the front page headlines highlighting death...
The Editor, Sir: Far from the seat of governance (Kingston), Negril has sunk into a daily 'loathsome hell of noise' with dire consequences to our tourism effort.A normal week includes jet skis roaring full speed ahead from 8:30 a.m.
The Editor, Sir:Did I hear right this morning (Monday)? Was it a dream or was Dr Peter Phillips, senior member of the People's National Party and former minister of national security, saying on 'Nationwide' that he was against the oppression that...
The Editor, Sir: On March 23, The Gleaner published an apology in respect of comments made by me in an article on March 19, which made reference to the firm of Judah, Desnoes, Lake, Nunes, Scholefield & Company which later became Nunes,...
The Editor, Sir:In 2003, a major flood in the community of New River, St Elizabeth, resulted in a mass evacuation of almost 90 per cent of its residents.
THE EDITOR, Sir:The universal truism that action speaks louder than words has been potently reinforced by the selection of former commissioner of police, Lucius Thomas, by the People's National Party (PNP) to contest the seat in NW St Ann in the next...
The Editor, Sir: I think Carolyn Cooper could have made her point well, that she esteems in high regard the 'yahoolish (Jamaican language)' without dragging a sensitive Christian doctrinal tenet to such low level of confusion...
The Editor, Sir: Dennie Quill's column of last Wednesday, April 7 touched me deeply. He speaks the truth. There are wonderful things going for us, but if the fundamental things on which a civilised social order rests...
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE EDUCATION sector is under siege. Some of our schools, if not all, are now battlefields for teachers and students with persistent war between forces within and without.
