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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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