Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Saturday | July 4, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Intolerable delays for retirement benefits
The Editor, Sir: In the past year, I have known about 10 Jamaicans who have served their country long and well in the public service, and who have encountered numerous problems getting their retirement benefits. And from comments from others who have encountered similar roadblocks in the past, this is nothing new. Read More...
Protest against American insults
The Editor, Sir: One of the greatest honours anyone can experience is to be selected to represent one's country. It is regrettable that on far too many occasions, the national objective of selecting the best representatives has been thwarted by a foreign power exercising its sovereign rights without showing any regard for convention... Read More...
Help small farmers become more profitable
The Editor, Sir: The prime Minister's Labour Day address to the residents of Top Alston in northwest Clarendon must have thrilled the listeners when they heard about the Belgians using imported coffee from Jamaica and Africa to create a unique blend of chocolate that is world-class. Read More...
Start remedial programme earlier
The Editor, Sir: Tennisha A. Morris' 'Arrest literacy problems early' published on Saturday, June 27, is worthy of more than passing interest, as the recommendation made should be taken on board in the Education Transformation project, by the minister, and by the Ministry of Education. Read More...
NOTE-WORTHY - Whatever happened to bras?
As a senior citizen, I very often go down the memory lane of my life so far in this blessed isle. I am left to wonder what is happening to our women. We seem to have opted to get off our pedestals and to walk away from the role we should be playing in our society. Read More...
