The begging 'industry'
THE EDITOR, Sir: BEGGING HAS now become a way of life for many people in Jamaica, both old and young. In fact, it is likely that this is the fastest growing 'industry' in Jamaica, and it is a major 'single employer' of willing hands...
New road welcomed
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON BEHALF of the residents of Ginger Hall District a rural farming community in Bombay, Manchester, I write to express profound thanks and appreciation for the new road which was recently opened to the district.
Stop the grandstanding!
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS no doubt that Air Jamaica aggressive marketing thrust and the work they are doing is paying off for the carrier. What, however, is just plain selfish grandstanding is the claim that it was done by Air Jamaica and Air Jamaica...
Old Harbour Bypass and tax dollars
THE EDITOR, Sir: A HALF-PAGE advertisement published in The Gleaner of Feb. 22, 2002 (page C.14) by Petrojam Limited gushingly informs the public that the 15-kilometre Old Harbour Bypass road swallowed 20,000 tons of asphalt paving.
RGD should decentralise its services
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD love to use your medium to express my disgust and to suggest an alternative to the Registrar-General's Department, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
George Otis Jr and national repentance
THE EDITOR, Sir: A LOT has been said about the recent visit by George Otis Jr. to Jamaica. I wonder just how many of those who have commented were actually there to have heard the man speak? So it's OK for us to voice negative declarations about our...
Re-socialising our young people
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RIGHTS of Jamaicans have certainly been usurped when Things Jamaican, a production centre, is transformed into a place of confinement.
Violence begets violence
THE EDITOR, Sir: OUR LORD'S teaching was love, to the extent of turning the other cheek. Of course Sir, this sounds foolish to us.
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