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Letter of the Day Get to the root problems
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RECENT killings of the Braeton Seven have stirred public debate and have pointed to the people's frustration both with the levels of crime and with the operations of the police. Whatever your take on it is, one can hardly keep...

Clarification on human rights groups
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE VERY least that one expects from the Attorney-General of a country is legal accuracy. So it was with deep disappointment that I read in another newspaper that the Attorney-General of Jamaica, Senator A.J. Nicholson had said there...

Will better ever come?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS very pleased to read about the expressed dissatisfaction of the trade unions, with regard to the Minister of Finance's lack of reference, in his budget presentation to job creation and the general issue of employment. It is most...

Chuck's flawed world-view
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to address a few of the points raised in Delroy Chuck's article titled 'Defending Human Rights" which appeared in your publication. I am truly sad to see the attitude being displayed by Mr. Chuck. He has a particular...

An unfair attack
THE EDITOR, Sir: A THOROUGH check with the United Nations' web site reveals that the world consists of 191 independent countries. Of these, only about 80 provide information on crime in general, even less provide info on police killings.

Politicising human rights
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ABILITY of Jamaicans to 'politicise' any issue is something that will never cease to amaze me. This ability is most recently manifest in the controversial issue of the Braeton Seven.




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