The role of the FTC
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to respond in the public interest to a letter, which appeared in your publication of Wednesday May 9, 2001 written by Dr. Ikhalfani Solan of the Department of Mathematics, University of the West Indies. This letter was...

Don't hide the figures!
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN ALL free societies, information is something we take for granted. I am dismayed by the CCN declaring that they would not be issuing crime information statistics except on a quarterly basis. This is plain stupid and must be a...

Publishing and responsibility
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM sometimes wondering if you are aware of the responsibility that you as publisher of Jamaica's biggest newspaper have.

Loud music and the law
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM an elderly citizen living in one of the remote country districts where unless there is a murder committed no one sees the police. Disturbances by sound systems and loud playing of tapes cause people like me to spend a lot of...

Donna Smith

THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST commend Donna Smith the eloquent spokesperson for JFlag on the work she has been doing on behalf of the organisation for gay rights legislation. While myths about homosexuality are rampant and destructive, Donna Smith and the...