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Letters to the Editor
Letters about Jamaican Issues
Let the children play together
Friday, May 24, 2013
Dear Editor, It was with a great sense of disappointment that I read a letter by Bentley King under the headline 'Normal school not for teen baby mothers'. What was disappointing about it was that the author seemed to have wholeheartedly condemned every single teen who got pregnant. I wondered to myself, has he never m ...more
16 means fornication spree
Friday, May 24, 2013
Dear Editor, The agreement for the age of consent should be at 18 or 19, instead of 16. Not making this change is a big mistake, a national blunder in the face of rampant, wild and illicit sexual activity among the youth. You did not need wise King ...more
The hilarious beckons of historians
Friday, May 24, 2013
Dear Editor, Many of our historians continue to advance very funny and strange arguments in their quest to have Britain and other European powers pay slavery reparations. One of the most hilarious beckons of these historians is the comparison betwe ...more
Cheapest energy solution isn't necessarily best
Friday, May 24, 2013
Dear Editor, I recently came across an article in the other Jamaican publication entitled "Leave 'em out" where members of the Jamaica Energy Council (JEC) were advocating excluding the post-closure arriving proposal from Hong Kong-based Energy Worl ...more
Yes, many of us have heard of Dr Don Shirley
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Dear Editor, I would be remiss if I did not respond to your newspaper editorial on Wednesday May 15, 2013, "Ever heard of Dr Don Shirley, another great but forgotten Jamaican?" It concluded, "In the future, let us honour our Jamaican greats before t ...more
Consider Glenmuir policy a minimum standard
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Dear Editor,
I am in total support of the graduation policy of the Glenmuir High School, namely that persons who do not pass mathematics and English language at the fifth form should not be allowed to graduate. It is policies such as these that have ...more
The wisdom of condoms in schools
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Dear Editor,
The wisdom of the ancients suggests that an ounce of prevention is always better than a pound of cure. As I assess certain recent pronouncements of the minister of education regarding condoms in schools, teenage pregnancy, and the prop ...more
Resist the fear-mongering cries of a coming Caribbean Sodom and Gomorrah
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Dear Editor,
I respond to the article headlined 'Belize case said being used to push gay agenda in Caribbean' of Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the Jamaica Observer.
I am one of the lawyers who appeared in this case — on behalf of the applicant &mda ...more
The JCF has basic entry requirements
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Dear Editor,
I write in response to a letter to you from one Kemar Brown published on May 15 under the headline 'Why block police youth club members from joining the constabulary?'.
Mr Brown alleges in his letter that police youth club members are ...more
Well said, Minister Thwaites
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Dear Editor,
The Love March Movement applauds the stance that Reverend Ronald Thwaites has taken against the distribution of condoms in high schools.
As adolescents, we believe that facilitating sexual activity among high school children simply bec ...more
JPS' late payment fee cause for concern
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Editor,
Kindly allow me to send an open letter to Ms Kelly Tomblin, President of the Jamaica Public Sevice Company (JPS).
Ms Tomblin, I observed the great effort you and your team have been pursuing in creating a new image for the JPS. Since yo ...more
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