LETTER OF THE DAY - Tourism needs priority support
THE EDITOR, Sir: I LISTENED to the 'Breakfast Club' on August 11, and I was amazed that the panel took so long to accept Butch Stewart's point that Jamaica's tourism business was a vital export, major foreign exchange earner...
SLB and the brain drain
THE EDITOR, Sir:IT IS almost time for tertiary institutions to reopen for the new academic year and the services of the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) are now in heavy demand. I generally support the work of Lenice Barnett and her team at the SLB...
Where is the female support?
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT SEEMS to me that women in Jamaica do not like to support their own gender where promotions within the private and public sectors are concerned.This is the trend in many fields of endeavour and no less so in the political arena.
A fitting award for Fitz-Henley
WE HAVE read the article about Samuel Fitz-Henley and were elated that he will be given the Order of Distinction in Jamaica. It is a title that he so fittingly deserves.
Injustice to students
THE EDITOR, Sir:WHILE I acknowledge the fact that the Jamaica Urban Transit Corporation is operating at a loss, and that they need to find some means of increasing their revenue, could they not have found a better way of doing it?
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