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Letters to the Editor

Letters about Jamaican Issues

Those who can afford to run will

Saturday, May 18, 2013


Dear Editor, In the 1970s, then Prime Minister, the late Michael Manley, said on public television: "If you do not like my policies, there are five flights a day to Miami, and you can get out of Jamaica". A number of the middle class, especially the management class, reportedly left and depleted Jamaica of cash and some ...more





Jamaica, not JPS, facing death

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Dear Editor, I read with great concern and amusement the letter written by Alfred Sangster, which seemed to have been sent to clearly sing the praises of JPS on the basis of a number of so-called myths inspired by the Jamaica Observer's recent headl ...more

UCJ pace slow, unacceptable

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Dear Editor, I pen this letter to express my frustration at what I believe is an extremely long period for a decision to be made on qualifications pursued through distance learning/online. It has been well over six months since I visited the Univer ...more

A suggestion for TAJ

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Ms Merris Haughton of Tax Administration Jamaica Good day Ms Haughton, I would like to take you through what I call the harrowing experience of renewing my driver's licence on May 3rd, 2013, my birthday. The ...more

Make Industrial Relations training for managers mandatory

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear Editor, Having read Danny Roberts' edited address: 'Leaders can no longer think outside the box, you have to think there's no box' in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, and having previously listened to the frustration of three prom ...more

Teachers should take vacation during the summer

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear Editor, Are we serious about guiding our beloved country out of this current economic recession? I think not! Free education and free medical care are only two of the things that we cannot afford, yet we continue to offer them, to the detrimen ...more

No condoms in school!

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear Editor, I'm responding to the question that was asked on TVJ's Prime Time News: "Should condoms be distributed in school?" My answer to this idle and trouble-making question, is no. If condoms are made available, children will engage in sex w ...more

Doctors who kill

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Dear Editor, Dr Kermit Gosnell, an abortion doctor who was convicted of three counts of murder in the USA recently, brings to mind a book called Nazi Doctors by Jay Lifton. It recounts for its readers the gradual slide of doctors in Nazi Germany in ...more

JIM pays tribute to Dr the Hon Joyce Robinson

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Dear Editor, The Jamaica Institute of Management (JIM) joins the many other groups who have paid tribute to the sad passing of Dr the Hon Joyce Robinson, OJ, FJIM. As a Fellow of JIM, Dr Robinson played an important role as a member of the Interim ...more

Not quite so, Observer

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Dear Editor, I note with interest the editorial in the Sunday Observer of May 12, headlined 'Paucity of Caribbean citizens in the top echelons', in which you make certain assertions about Jamaicans and Caribbean nationals in international organisati ...more

Exposure to smoking reduces quality of life

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Dear Editor, Smoking marijuana or cigarettes just for fun or as a stress reliever has the potential to become an addiction. Most people begin this dangerous life relationship from a young age, when their brains are not fully developed. Cigarette sm ...more




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