Letter of the Day - Pride and tears for the Boyz
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN JAMAICA qualified for the 1998 World Cup I stood in the National Stadium with pride in my heart and tears in my eyes watching as the Reggae Boyz did cartwheels, Rene Simoes was hoisted shoulder high and Jamaicans cried, laughed...
Response to plaint
THE EDITOR, Sir, FOR THE purpose of setting the record straight, I wish to comment on the letter from one Ms. Jacqueline Lauray, captioned, "I was embarrassed by my Jamaican Consulate" that appeared in the September 29, 2001 issue of The Gleaner.
Where God was on Sept. 11
THE EDITOR, Sir: I KNOW where my God was the morning of September 11, 2001! He was very busy. First if all, He was trying to discourage anyone from taking these flights. Those four flights together held over 1000 passengers, and there were only 266...
Prime Minister's comment was out of place
THE EDITOR, Sir: JAMAICA IS still a democratic nation. Within that democracy comes a level of freedom that includes freedom of speech. Thus, I found the Prime Minister's comments at a recent function out of place regarding criticism of his recent mini...
Israel's policy
THE EDITOR, Sir: LATE TWENTIETH century historians have discovered and reported substantial evidence in documents declassified by Israel and the UK that for more than half a century Israel's leadership has pursued a policy intended to drive non-Jews...
Alarmed at defence of Isaac
THE EDITOR, Sir: I NOTE with alarm the vigorous defence of Justice Julius Isaac Chairman of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry by A.J. Nicholson, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and Ian Ramsay, Q.C.
Judges should be vigilant
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS well known that dealing in drugs is carried on by some members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force of all ranks. Also, some of the drug cases that some of these members bring before the Courts are brought maliciously because of...
Teacher certification in Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS beyond reason that anyone would deride public financing of tertiary education and in the same breath posit government job placement of those who pay for their education! I question Dr. Ralph Thompson's facts which form the basis...
|