Reducing access to our final court
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE PRIVY Council has ruled that the Jamaican Parliament may abolish appeals to it in the exercise of parliamentary sovereignty. This has been hailed as a "major blow to those who oppose the Caribbean Court of Justice".
More self-reliance needed
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM writing in response to Mr. Jerome Henry's reaction, June 24, 2004, to a comment made by a senior Minister of Government that most of the men between the ages of 18 and 27 in his constituency were unemployable...
So few married couples
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been to Jamaica many times and I am amazed at the number of women with children but no husbands. In the seven times that I have visited Negril I have met very few married couples.
Quick-fix tactics
THE EDITOR, Sir: RECENTLY, THE Prime Minister of Jamaica called for the cleaning of Ocho Rios. In the June 24, 2004, Gleaner Cornwall Edition, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism...
Water costs more than fuel
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAS IT dawned on us how we are all focusing on the price of gasolene and not noticing that the price of water is sometimes higher than that of fuel.
Morant Point Lighthouse
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE GIVE me even a small space in your columns to ask someone to show us the way to the Morant Point Lighthouse, in St. Thomas.
Mandatory parenting programme
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN THE Ministry of Education fully implements the mandatory parenting programme, the country will have undertaken one of the most necessary steps towards, hopefully, an improved culture of education.
No to US Embassy construction
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS with great distress that I send this letter. I, like so many Jamaicans, observe the many ills of the society but decide to ignore some in order to prevent a total mental collapse, but I refuse to ignore this one.
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