Gov't should tackle the dons
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT HAS always puzzled me that the government has never come out clearly against one of their main competitors, the dons. In terms of the police, dons often are in competition with them...
C&W's phone rates and hype
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to make a small comment about the recent drastic reduction in Cable & Wireless' weekend 'cellular to cellular' telephone rates. I must say when I heard 99 cents, I was impressed, but suspicious.
Capital punishment and Espeut
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHILE I have no quarrel with columnist Peter Espeut 'trumpeting' the environmental cause, I must take issue with him for constantly equating the support of capital punishment with a lack of concern for human rights.
Curb crime, and improve education
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a non-resident Jamaican watching the upcoming election with much interest. I remember as a child my grandfather ringing his bell for the JLP because of all the many empty promises they made...
Let us exercise our veto power
THE EDITOR, Sir: MOST JAMAICANS like myself have silently observed with concern, the political consequences of one party remaining in power for 'too long.'
Illiteracy and crime
THE EDITOR, Sir: CRIME IS a business for young males who do not have regular jobs. One root cause is that 25 per cent of the 15-24 male age group are not 'functionally literate' according to the most recent JAMAL Survey.
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