Can't afford to 'buy Jamaican'
THE EDITOR, Sir: VERY OFTEN we are chided for our penchant for foreign goods. We are told that we must support our local industries thereby providing jobs for our fellow Jamaicans.

Bright future for Local Gov't
THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST offer kudos to Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, the Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, for her outright frankness of future intentions for Local Government in Jamaica...

Above the 'helmet law'
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE GLEANER of July 23, 2003 carried a letter from Colin D. Whittingham commenting on a photograph published two days earlier of two well-known politicians...

'A display of extreme force'
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN A war there is no such thing as a good victory, but there does exist a bad loss.

Not 'Fi Mi Sinting'
THE EDITOR, Sir: KINDLY ALLOW me space in your newspaper to clear up a matter that has arisen from articles published in The Gleaner on Monday, July 14, 2003 which stated...

'Fashion Fair' noise
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITH A house full of children, two of them ill in bed and trying to get some rest, this is what we had to contend with and endure over the weekend from the 'Fashion Fair' at Devon House...

Refreshing Rastafari reasoning
THE EDITOR, Sir: The 'Rastafari Global Reasoning' Conference which was held on the Mona Campus recently was very refreshing. There were Rastas from all over the world.