Violence and Jamaica's future
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RECENT spasms of violence in our blest country of Jamaica are sad and regrettable. Jamaica is struggling for a better life for its entire people; to be economically self-sustaining; to attract foreign investments and tourism; to...

Casinos are the answer
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT SHOULD not have escaped the notice of the political directorate that the procrastination on the issue of introducing casinos formally into the economy is beginning to have perilous results on tourism in the country in terms of...

Beauty pageant organisers make clarification
THE EDITOR, Sir: AN ARTICLE in yesterday's The Gleaner under the heading, "Christina Gonzalesa is Miss Teen Jamaica 2001" although written with the best of intentions has caused some misunderstanding and a number of people have been accusing us of...

Let's have a love campaign
THE EDITOR, Sir: FOUR STARS to Fay Bangerter for her letter captioned "The Medicine of Love" seen and read in The Sunday Gleaner dated July 1, 2001.

On caring for the dead
THE EDITOR, Sir: KINDLY ALLOW me space to respond to an article in The Gleaner of July 10, 2001 captioned, "Face to face with death."

Separating Kingston from St Andrew
THE EDITOR, Sir: I LOOK forward to a time when I can read the Jamaican newspapers and find the correct geographical location of places.

An eternal dividend
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON JUNE 28 over-shadowed with the emotions of sadness standing alert in a mournful churchyard among a sea of human beings at a certain stage sparked by a spell of inspiration, I wondered if Sealy's final farewell was the commemoration...

Unemployment and migration
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to add my voice to the chorus lamenting the elusiveness of gainful employment. It is clear that neither education nor natural "smarts' has much to do with getting a good job these days. The few jobs available are gotten...

Don't hurt the young people
THE EDITOR, Sir: I THANK God for the security forces and for the work they do at the risk of their own lives, in keeping this country safe.