LETTER OF THE DAY - Who should pay reparations for slavery?
The Editor, Sir: I write in reference to the arguments regarding reparations for slavery. Reparations are resources offered as indemnification for the commission of harmful acts. The concept of reparations deals with collective rights...
'Sorry can't boil cow skin'
The Editor, Sir: Commendations to Prof. Rex Nettleford for the brilliant statement 'Britain's apology for slavery just not enough'. In the event that any of your readers have missed it, I would recommend that they get a copy of Tuesday's Gleaner...
Squatting just like stealing
The Editor, Sir: Regarding your story about people being evicted at Bodle's, what is your newspaper doing to sensitise people to the fact that one of the consequences of taking other people's property is that many times....
Mosquito paradise
The Editor, Sir: Little did the anopheles mosquito know the paradise that awaited her as she entered the shores of Jamaica. Gullies blocked by garbage and filled with water, pools, also known as potholes, and streams of sewage...
Cockpit as treasure house
The Editor, Sir: Who remembers the number of ferns that George Proctor found, described and listed many only found in this locale? Here we have the Cockpit Country which is an unexplored geological and ecological treasure house.
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