LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaica as Jamaicans see it
The Editor, Sir: No attempt to find an explanation for the quagmire into which our country has descended is possible without first trying to understand how Jamaicans see Jamaica. For the purpose of this exercise, Jamaicans can usefully be divided into two groups ....
Call for boycott by consumers
The Editor, Sir: On the weekend, Karl Samuda, the minister of industry, investment and commerce, expressed in the local news media his dissatisfaction that now that the prices of certain commodities are falling after recent sharp increases...
Try deciding by secular means
The Editor, Sir: Pastor Casely Brown writes in The Sunday Gleaner (October 26): "One of mankind's biggest problems is that it has no idea how limited it is in knowledge compared to God."Yet, If he is a part of mankind, then we must assume that his own...
Another target, Mayor Mckenzie
The Editor, Sir:I guess people will now understand fully when the mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, is so vigilant that persons who operate places of amusement must have their business paying heed to the code set by the authorities.How can we have...
Public defender defends his role
The Editor, Sir: I am stung by the criticisms of me made by 'Fed-up Jamaican' in the letter to you published last Thursday (October 23) under the rubric ' 'Hangman' pastor gets support'. Although the writer speaks from a wellspring of ignorance...
Darker side of dancehall impact
The Editor, Sir: For years, my entire being has been thrilled by the pulsating rhythm of dancehall music. The lyrical ingenuity and charm displayed by artistes, such as Ninja Man and Spragga Benz, have always held me spellbound.
Any Obama effect on Jamaica?
The Editor, Sir: Will an Obama presidency be good for Jamaica, African-Americans? According to an article in The Gleaner dated October 25, former Jamaican PM Edward Seaga was reported as saying that neither an Obama nor a McCain presidency will be of any...
Confusing justice with righteousness
The Editor, Sir: I write this letter in reaction to the letter submitted by Lucius C. White on Saturday, 25th of October. Mr White asserted that Christianity and the Jamaican legal system should be considered as one.
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