Reopening the 'Red Caps' issue
THE EDITOR, Sir: I'M SURE this subject has been repeatedly visited but I think it is high time to re-examine the issue.

Thank you, Mr Crooks
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE ALLOW me space to publicly thank the Mayor of Lucea, Mr. Lester C. Crooks and his family for allowing the people of Clifton and Mt. Peace to use their land as a playfield and sports complex.

A grand waste
THE EDITOR, Sir: I VISITED two commercial banks to open first-time accounts recently and to my amazement I needed two written references from either a pastor, gazetted police officer, lawyer, bank manager etc. to open this account.

Don't burn sugar cane
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE 2003-2004 sugar crop has started at Frome. There are Cubans and Guyanese here to help us lift our productivity, the workers are working relentlessly for the success of the crop.

Deterrent to bankruptcy
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ with great interest Mr. Sameer Younis's recommendation that the Parliament repeal the Redundancy Act.

Faulty Haitian analysis
THE EDITOR, Sir: ROBERT BUDDAN, usually incisive in his comments, has fallen short in his assessment of current developments in Haiti. ("The Caribbean and the world beyond Iraq" December 21, 2003).

'Gold in them thar hills'
THE EDITOR, Sir: I REFER to the article by Earl Moxam titled "When should the unions be kept out" in The Sunday Gleaner of the 21st December, 2003, arising out of the Ausjam Goldmine issue.

Ruining Hope Gardens
THE EDITOR Sir: THE MINISTER of Agriculture, the Hon. Roger Clarke must tell this nation if he intends to convert Hope Gardens to a commercial/ entertainment district. With the regular holding of staged concerts attracting thousands of patrons the...

NWC does not deserve increase
THE EDITOR, Sir: FOR ALMOST seventeen years NWC has been collecting money from the citizens of Harbour View for services not provided. The NWC owes us millions of dollars.

Stretching a helping hand
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a Jamaican living in the British Virgin Islands and would like to assist some needy families living in Jamaica with some groceries on a regular basis, especially families with small children.

A sour tale
THE EDITOR, Sir: CONCERNS AND threats by the Public Health Authorities in St. Thomas relating to sewage from the headquarters of the police station in Morant Bay is no new deal.

Positivity in 2004
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS A nation we have taken a bold step into the year 2004. I pray that this will be a year of positivity, in every sense of the word. The 'old' year has passed, so let us embrace this new year, with the love and compassion...

Morally wrong and degrading
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN RESPONSE to the letter 'The Canada experience' I will also share my views. I must endorse what Mr. Chin has to say about the culture shock which one may not be prepared for in a foreign culture.