LETTER OF THE DAY - Health-care euphoria needs touch of reality
The Editor, Sir:It is an exciting time to be a health-care provider in the public health sector.It seems that at long last, health has been placed on the high priority list by both major political parties. The current government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars...
Prayer without works is dead
The Editor, Sir: I have always looked forward to reading the commentaries and sports section in The Gleaner. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult. My brother was robbed and killed this past week in Spanish Town and suddenly the country that I loved no longer seamed so loveable.
Time bomb in waiting
The Editor, Sir: The article in your newspaper on the 23rd May 2007 entitled 'Scared to talk - Children affected by AIDS do not trust guidance counsellors'. Sir, the day before I was having a conversation with a child in a rural parish when the child said...
Defending the poor always
THE EDITOR, Sir: I have long noticed that politicians are at their best in their struggle for power if they can successfully identify themselves as liberators of, or champions of the poor. In the 1970s, a large section of the population was cajoled into classifying...
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