Five killed in road crashes since January 1 says ITA
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Five killed in road crashes since January 1 says ITA
January 10 10:17 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Five people have been killed in four fatal crashes since the start of the year. This is according to the latest statistics released ...
Sean Paul’s Gimme The Light strikes gold in the UK
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Sean Paul’s Gimme The Light strikes gold in the UK
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
January 10 09:25 AM
Sean Paul's 2001 hit Gimme The Light reached a new milestone in the United Kingdom on Friday, January 9, when it was certified gold by the British Pho...
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Let Golding finish the change he has initiated
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, When I heard of the situation pertaining to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and our prime minister being embroiled and implicated in it, like ...
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Nothing will change until…
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, Call me pessimistic, but nothing will change because society as a whole is not saying the things that we need to say to the people who ne...
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Unnecessary and wanton loss of life
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, Looking back over the past many months of this Christopher Coke affair, the conclusion to be drawn is that we have witnessed a very disap...
Let’s have a rebirth of values and standards
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Let’s have a rebirth of values and standards
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, It would be an absolute waste if the shutdown of Kingston over the last few days and the scenes of Kingston as a war zone on the internat...
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End the culture of patronage
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, Last Thursday, former PM Edward Seaga, on the TVJ show Impact was at pains to describe the genesis and evolution of the community of Tivo...
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Don’t kick a man when he’s down
May 29, 2010
Dear Editor, It is with amazement that I view Mr Edward Seaga's comment about Mr Golding in the public media. Mr Seaga, like many others, seems to for...
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When you leave ….
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor: I wish to respond to the letter "Let the other party deal with Dudus" in your edition of May 24. If there is any hope of redemption for t...
Rally behind our troops
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Rally behind our troops
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, I refer to your May 26 article, "Overwhelming support for our troops in Tivoli". But first, I would like to express my appreciation to th...
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Extend state of emergency
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, A generation that had castor oil forced down its throat by parents will have a better appreciation of the efficacy of the state of emerge...
Letters
Improve communication
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, It looks like Jamaica has hit its high from the Dudus and Manatt, Phelps and Phillips affair. Our hope is that the police will continue t...
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Get it right this time
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, Let this be the last time that as a nation we experience the invasion of a garrison community. Let this be the last time that innocent ci...
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Nightmare reality
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, If I were a gambling man, there are certain bets that I could not lose. This is because my betting would be informed by the history of po...
Letters
Up the ante of editorials like that of May 25
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, I write in reference to your page one editorial of May 25, "It's been a long time coming". Before going into the contents, I would like t...
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Willing to help
May 27, 2010
Dear Editor, I am interested in finding out if there are any displaced children or pregnant women due to the Tivoli Gardens matter who need temporary ...
Clean-up at last!
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Clean-up at last!
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, In spite of the of the ongoing conflict in Tivoli Gardens because of the government's mismanagement of the extradition request for Christ...
Cartoon spot on
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Cartoon spot on
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, It's a rather sad situation, but the reality of our Jamaican state of affairs is expertly captured in the May 21 Clovis cartoon, which de...
Letters
Better to be an alien
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, The only thing this lame-duck PM can do for Jamaica right now is to resign. There is nothing Bruce can do for this country to make it swe...
Letters
All is not lost
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, "...I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting..." - Cardina...
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How many more children have to die?
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, I am astonished at the number of people who claim that children are our future. I find it equally astonishing how people like them tolera...
Letters
Not savvy?
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, After all the mayhem, bloodshed and assaults on the police over the last several years, it is astonishing that Police Commissioner Owen E...
Letters
Develop a Marshall Plan for West Kingston
May 26, 2010
Dear Editor, The government should capitalise on the public's sentiment that a new beginning is necessary. There is widespread consensus that the West...
PM’s ‘bamboozle’ affecting Tivoli dancers
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PM’s ‘bamboozle’ affecting Tivoli dancers
May 25, 2010
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the prime minister: I cannot sit by and not add my thoughts on the current situation - not when my students now...

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