Support for Aristide
THE EDITOR, Sir: This is an open response to Mr. Felix Edouard: I read your article submitted to the Jamaica Gleaner and I would like to comment. First of all, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is not anti-America.

Felix Edouard, I disagree
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN RESPONSE to Felix Edouard: Most Jamaicans, myself included and many of my Haitian friends do not share your sentiments. In fact there was a rally in Los Angeles last weekend against the forced resignation of Aristide.

In support of CARICOM
THE EDITOR, Sir: I SUPPORT CARICOM's position on Haiti because, in my opinion, it is based on democratic principles and not personality and takes into consideration the turbulent political history of that country.

Education is much more than schooling
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FEEL compelled to remind all those who are jumping on the teacher performance band wagon in order to find scapegoats for the shortcomings of our education system that education involves much more than schooling...

Concerns about changes for Bamboo Avenue
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE with great distress and concern about the proposed change in making Bamboo Avenue a gated community.

Triple X bars along Negril beach
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been coming to Jamaica for years now, and always stayed in Negril. I was horrified to see that Negril is allowing Triple X bars along the beach. What an easy way to chase away tourists and invite crime.

Sylvia Allison
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM writing this letter to ask for your assistance in locating my birth mother and her family. Her name is Sylvia Allison and at the time of my birth on June 25, 1963 she was a citizen of Kingston, Jamaica.