LETTER OF THE DAY - The Church is being selfish about casinos
The Editor, Sir: I wish to publish this, in order for the Church to help the Government. Thank you, God bless you. As a server in the Anglican Church in Jamaica I do not agree with casino gambling, but I have to draw a line on the Church's dissension on this matter.
Confession a scatalyst for new police dawn
The Editor, Sir: Let me use this medium to publicly congratulate Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Shue on his esteemed turn-around in life and may I say, his confession might be the catalyst for a new dawn in the way the security forces conduct their investigations ...
Voice of a child
The Editor, Sir: I am a 17-year-old male currently in fifth form. I am not from one of those prominent high schools but, still, I truly believe in the upliftment of young people and our society. I am a child of God trying to achieve what my parents ...
Apology and retraction
The Gleaner unreservedly apologises to Professor David Rowe for the publication in their issue of January 14 of a letter written by Kirk Barrow which suggested that Professor Rowe was not in fact a 'Professor' and that he sought to project himself as an...
Paying the price for ignorance?
The Editor, Sir: I found the Sunday Gleaner article by Miss Eaton under the caption "Need, Greed or Ignorance" to be interesting and enlightening, in terms of its clarity on the roles of the regulating institutions viz, the Bank of Jamaica and the Financial Services Commission. ...
No to return of railway
The Editor, Sir: I don't want to be a harbinger of doom and gloom but I am a realist and have to disagree with Mr. McKoy (letter, January 7) for suggesting revival of the railway system. I disagree for two reasons: The first is for selfish reasons...
'Fair skin' ad shocks reader
The Editor, Sir: I have never sought paid employment in Jamaica, having been transported to the heart of colonialism to be educated and like most such stayed to labour. Last week I was given a gift of ground food wrapped in the classified pages of The STAR dated November 17...
A no-nonsense Commissioner
THE EDITOR, Sir: After listening to the interview with the Police Commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin on CVM TV at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2008; I concluded, that he is a no-nonsense commissioner. I also observed, that he carried a mild smile, which at times was undergirded ...
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