LETTER OF THE DAY - In search of solutions
THE EDITOR, Sir: DAILY, WE live in fear of our lives being snuffed out like the puff of a cigar. It is amazing that in many instances, parents are no longer trusting of their offspring, siblings fear each other, students fear their teachers, teachers fear their students...
Does the death penalty work?
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN 2002, Americans were very happy because they had only 16,638 criminal homicides.They had good reason to be because from 1984 to 1993, criminal homicides were on average, 22,000 per year. In contrast, in the same 2002, in Italy, we were very afraid because....
PNP acting like cry babies
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE NEW political realities certainly give Prime Minister Bruce Golding grounds to be in a political position to shape public appointments. The Opposition had better mature fast to the new political realities, stop crying crocodile tears, and develop coherent...
Leave Portmore's macca alone
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FIND the constant utterances of the new mayor of the municipality of Portmore quite alarming. Mayor Hinds constantly refers to clearing the "bush and macca" as part of his clean-up of the municipality, and also making it look like south Florida...
No culture is sacrosanct
The Editor, Sir: Several persons have taken me to task for daring to question the rectitude of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) holding a wake for Herb McKenley two Friday evenings ago. And they particularly think that I am wrong...
Unreliable bus service
The Editor, Sir: The people of Temple Hall and Lawrence Tavern are suffering greatly at the hands of bus drivers who operate the 'executive bus service' in these areas. The executive coasters have their designated routes marked on the front and rear of the buses. ...
Kwanzaa vs Christmas
The Editor, Sir: In 1966, Californian Pan-Africanist Ron Karengo created Kwanzaa, a seven-day festival that begins each December 26, as a celebration of African-American traditions and values as distinct from the largely Eurocentric, Christianity-promoted celebration...
Develop St Thomas
THE EDITOR, Sir: The Jamaica Information Service recently reported that the spotlight would be on the parish of St. Thomas from December 3 to 9, when the St. Thomas Heritage and Tourism Committee and the United States-based philanthropic organisation Upliftment Jamaica...
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