New look at the education subsector
THE EDITOR, Sir: A MAJOR challenge facing the Portia Simpson administration and the country as a whole is that of carrying out a major reform of the education sub-sector, to better allow it to meet the current and future needs of the nation.

Troubled about Jamaica's future
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT HAS been over 100 days since Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller took the reins of government and like many Jamaicans, I was optimistic that a wind of change was about to blow across Jamaica. Unfortunately, Mrs. Miller has so comfortably...

Local Government neglecting duties
THE EDITOR, Sir: I SEEM to recall that there was a time when the Local Government Authorities would proactively take action, in their capacity as the Local Board of Health to bush overgrown lots when delinquent owners fail to act.

US guns taking Jamaican lives
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS no doubt that the typical American doctrine that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" has led to the proliferation of firearms; and there is no doubt that the proliferation of firearms has led to a significant increase...

Probe Cuba's gift of light bulbs
THE EDITOR, Sir: DENNIE QUILL raises some interesting issues on Cuba's gift of light bulbs to Jamaica. At first glance, a munificent gesture, Quill's commentary discloses a multimillion U.S. dollar cost to Jamaica.

Overrun to hell
THE EDITOR, Sir: COST OVERRUN is a fault of either the government policy or the officer in charge of the tender per se. There is a common belief that the Government accepts in 90 per cent of tenders - the lowest tender - paving the way for the skulduggery