LETTER OF THE DAY: Too much focus on Air Jamaica funding
The Editor, Sir: With all due respect to Ronald Brown's Sunday article, Jamaica cannot expect economic growth through national pride for its national airline alone. The fact of the matter is that Air Jamaica has continued to experience losses...
Social Welfare programmes need improvement
The Editor, Sir: It is quite common to hear passionate pleas for help from desperate people devastated by fire, illness or other calamities. For instance, in the news one night, a mother was appealing for someone to (at least) donate school books...
'Clinton to blame for 9/11, terrorism'
The Editor, Sir: As an American who lived and worked in Jamaica for a number of years, I still read The Gleaner to keep up with your beautiful country. I would like to comment on your editorial, 'U.S. policy post 9/11'.
Festival scaled down
THE EDITOR, Sir: I have been a festival person, have always been, and will always be a supporter. Maybe the feeling of nostalgia goes back to the days of my involvement in festival activities for primary school.
Christendom hijacked by the clergy
THE EDITOR, Sir: Christianity has been hijacked and torpedoed, not by men like Dan Brown and The DaVinci Code, as the church would have us believe, but instead, by the very clergy of Christendom who have done a magnificent job of it.
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