http://www.jamaicagleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:02:02 EDT 60 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:02:02 EDT The Editor, Sir: Martin Henry's article 'Real estate distortions' (The Sunday Gleaner, June 28) and Susan Gordon's article - '105 NHT properties hunting buyers' (The Sunday Gleaner July 27, 2007) are instructive and provide excellent background information... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters1.html The Editor, Sir: Shortly after the Golding administration took office, Minister of Education Andrew Holness started sounding off about building schools to replace the spaces currently occupied in the second shift of some high schools.... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters2.html The Editor, Sir: I am writing as a public servant who is gravely disappointed with the prices for the town houses and apartments constructed by the Jamaica Civil Service Association and National Housing Trust at Twickenham... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters3.html The Editor, Sir: From personal observation, I have come to realise that after the Grade Six Achievement Test, some parents' interest towards their children's educational development seem to wane.I recently spoke to a teacher who had to 'rough up'... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters4.html The Editor, Sir: I am in full agreement with the conclusion that we need fewer members of parliament and constituencies not more; however, I will look at it from a different perspective.The stipulated range of voters/population per constituency... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters5.html The Editor, Sir: I feel compelled to comment on the current debate surrounding Jamaica's possible future relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The history of the IMF's involvement in Jamaica is a painful one. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters6.html The Editor, Sir: I sympathise entirely with the letter writer 'Betrayed Wife', who said she was a victim of deception in that her husband cheated on her with another man and then brought home an illness to the matrimonial home that affected her... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters7.html The Editor, Sir: We often get caught up in our own pain and our own feelings and think that policy and the law should respond likewise, but to do so would lead to chaos. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters8.html The Editor, Sir: Although the legal age of consent in Jamaica is 16 for females and 14 for males, the act of having sex prior to such a legal age is a common practice. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090703/letters/letters9.html