UWI certificates deserve better paper
THE EDITOR, Sir: ALLOW ME to comment briefly on one aspect of the 2001 UWI Mona graduation exercise. My concern has to do with the quality paper used to print the Bachelor's Degree Certification. The quality paper used to print the certificates can...

A corrupt political order
THE EDITOR, Sir: MR. DELROY CHUCK continues to illustrate why we need a new set of leaders in this country. How could it be that a senior politician is pillorying the police even while giving plaudits to a man of ill repute? Are we all gone mad? Or is...

Equal retirement rights
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a retired teacher who taught in Jamaican schools under squalid conditions for many years, but I stuck to my course and decided to give of my best to my country.

Dedicate 2002 to musical artistes
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been an avid follower of Jamaica's reggae music scene for about 28 years now. It all started with particular interest in a type of music that glorified the Africa that I was fortunate to have been born in.

Jamaican teachers in New York have themselves to blame
THE EDITOR, Sir, THE SAGA of Caribbean and other teachers who were commissioned by the New York City Board of Education in the late summer, continues. In their eagerness to escape their homeland, some of those teachers accepted contracts which were a...

Mail workers and the insane
THE EDITOR, Sir: THIS LETTER is to voice my opinion on behalf of the St. Ann's Bay Post office staff. Some days ago I attended there and had to do my business in the most uncomfortable condition because of an insane man who stays on the building porch...

Charge politicians for foul speech
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITH A general election imminent one would expect that all our politicians would be behaving in a civilised manner. I wonder if we are not the most hostile people. We are so aggressive, ready to burst into flames and some of what we...