- UPDATE: Police interview JLP MP George Wright 9:33 pm
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Letters to the Editor
Overcrowding vaccine sites may lead to another surge 8:10 pm
Dear Editor,The last few days of the vaccination blitz was a major disappointment with supplies running low.
The real gender under threat by violence
8:10 pm
Dear Editor,Violence is violence whether against males or females.Jamaica is a very violent society, so no one is immune to violence. We have to fix our problem and stop this gender identity nonsense about violence against women.
Crime epidemic a threat to our democracy
8:00 pm
Dear Editor,I'm sickened, saddened, and heartbroken to see what my beloved country, Jamaica, has become — one of the murder capitals of the world.There's too much bloodshed on our beautiful island.
The real gender under threat by violence
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Dear Editor,Violence is violence whether against males or females.Jamaica is a very violent society, so no one is immune to violence. We have to fix our problem and stop this gender identity nonsense about violence against women.
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Overcrowding vaccine sites may lead to another surge
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Dear Editor,The last few days of the vaccination blitz was a major disappointment with supplies running low.
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Let's get up and get them, Lisa
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Dear Editor,The following is an open letter to the Member of Parliament Lisa Hanna:
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Help end my ordeal with Flow, Mr Price
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Dear Editor,I write after many months of total frustration with Flow Jamaica.I live in Sligoville, St Catherine, and moved there in August 2017.
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Pleasure pursuit leads to serous crimes
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Dear Editor,Jamaican men are generally handicapped by a nugatory sense of value; therefore, expecting them to value the lives of others may be as unreasonable as expecting a lion to feel remorse for killing a deer for dinner.
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Victims suffer while accused roam free
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Dear Editor,I understand that the accused is innocent until proven guilty, but what I do not understand is why the victims must be treated as guilty until proven innocent?
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Have a look at traffic flow, Mayor
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Dear Editor,On more than one occasion when crimes have been committed in Santa Cruz the police have indicated that their movement has been hampered because of heavy traffic.
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Life-saving vaccine not immune to the money-hungry
Monday, April 12, 2021
Dear Editor,Howard Mitchell, chairman of the National Health Fund, has reportedly been bombarded by fraudsters seeking to cash in on the global hunger for the jab. This is another example of the new outlook of some Jamaicans and foreigners to carve out a profit for...
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Political violence and democracy
Monday, April 12, 2021
Dear Editor,The spread of political unrest in countries across the world has prompted fears about the growth of political violence in democratic societies. There is a theory that political violence is the sort of thing democracy is supposed to prevent, and if it accrues it...
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Our women and children can't remain sitting ducks
Monday, April 12, 2021
Dear Editor,It's often said that how a society treats its most vulnerable (women, children, and the elderly) is always the measure of its humanity. By any objective standard, Jamaica is receiving a failing grade.
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Convict them and hang them!
Monday, April 12, 2021
Dear Editor,It has been said that the only reason we should kill is in self defence. But, isn't there another reason we should kill?I believe hanging, or giving the death penalty to wrongdoers of violent crimes, is one.
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Gun lyrics, crime and responsibility
Friday, April 9, 2021
Dear Editor,The recent utterance of the prime minister in the House of Parliament on the issue of crime and some dancehall songs containing violent/gun lyrics has drawn the ire of artistes who have recorded such songs.
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