LETTER OF THE DAY - An open letter to Hon Portia Simpson Miller
THE EDITOR, Sir: This is an open letter to Mrs. Simpson Miller. DEAR PRIME Minister-designate: You have achieved the improbable, and are now on the threshold of attempting the near impossible, namely, to achieve the reform and radical change..
Fasting and prayer
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to commend and congratulate Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller for having the courage and wisdom to do the one and only thing that the nation of Jamaica can do to wipe out the crime and poverty that are so overwhelming...
Charter of Rights
THE EDITOR, Sir: STEPHEN VASCIANNIE states that if you have a Charter of Rights, there would be no compulsion to change Jamaican law simply to accommodate the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights. Try telling the people of Tasmania that!
Proud of our ancestors
THE EDITOR, Sir: AM I hearing correctly? We should be ashamed/embarrassed about how our ancestors came to be 'marooned' on the island of Jamaica? Could it be that there is a fear that some of the people will start to get wise...
Savouring the gifts from Melbourne
THE EDITOR, Sir: JAMAICANS WERE able, if even for a short time, to forget our problems and just savour the gifts that our athletes have been giving us in Melbourne, Australia. I am constantly in awe of what this tiny island has accomplished...
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