Teenager's letter sparks corporate response
THE EDITOR, Sir: YOUR ISSUE of Saturday June 19 carries on its Leader Page a letter from Andre Annakie of Arnett Gardens. The title was: 'I can see now that the book is better than the gun a teenager who learned to read'.
A most profound statement
THE EDITOR, Sir: A SENIOR Minister of Government recently made a statement in reference to young men in his constituency to the effect that most of the men between the ages of 18 and 27 were unemployable, were illiterate and were irredeemable.
E-mailing utility bills
THE EDITOR: Sir MAY I use your medium to request that the public utility companies National Water Commission, Jamaica Public Service, Cable & Wireless/ Digicel investigate the possibility of sending out their utility bills by e-mail.
Praedial larceny is being trivialised
THE EDITOR, Sir: BASED ON the way the protracted debate on the Praedial Larceny bill is going one has to wonder if this is really a criminal matter that is being dealt with in Jamaica, land we love.
Clarendon C of C rejects extortion
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE CLARENDON Chamber of Commerce wishes to use this medium to categorically condemn and reject the illegal acts of extortion that is creeping into our community.
he meaning of diaspora
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON THE front page of The Gleaner 17/6/04, the colourful pictures, the glad faces of delegates and the masterly written report from Claude Mills are enough evidence to convey that it was a well-received conference...
'What sign?'
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON SATURDAY, June 19, 2004 after leaving a friend on Derrymore Road, I proceeded to go across Eastwood Park Road on to Constant Spring Road only after doing this I was stopped by the police and ticketed for disobeying a road sign.
Kudos to Marriage & the Family series
THE EDITOR, Sir: WOULD YOU agree sir, that it is rather heart-warming and encouraging that in the midst of the sea of social turmoil threatening to swamp the country...
Distrust in the diaspora
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ONLY way the government is going to deepen the country's economic and political links with Jamaicans in the diaspora is to improve the efficiency of many of its organisations and cut the bureaucracy.
A diamond in the rough
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE PARISH of St. Elizabeth could be transformed into one of the most prosperous parishes on this beautiful island.
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