New political order needed
THE EDITOR, Madam: CRIME IS a parasite. While we are talking and bickering, it is growing. To control and rid crime from our shores we have to understand how the parasite multiplies and how it is controlled.

Improve the legal system
THE EDITOR, Madam: REFERENCE TO MR. FRANK Pringle's letter 'Crime and its roots'. I must commend him on his statement that Jamaica is his home. He could not have said it better, I hope that the government will get a legal system that will speed up...

NIS benefits and transparency
THE EDITOR, Madam: IN THE Gleaner of July 17 the Ministry of Labour and Social Security had an advertisement stating that persons who had reached the retirement age of 60 years in 1966 when the NIS Scheme commenced and therefore did not contribute will.

A call for more fasting, prayer
THE EDITOR, Madam: AS WE express sincere condolences to the families of Constable Delroy Brown and his girlfriend, Ms. Reid (Gleaner Online September 3), we also ask ourselves what next must be done to help stem the tidal wave of murders in our small...

Economic growth reduces crime
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE REPEATED attempts to control crime through tried and failed solutions repackaged with new names, will only lead to similar results.