LETTER OF THE DAY - Odd that Kern is the only official charged
The Editor, Sir:I find it quite odd that Mr Kern Spencer, the former state minister for energy, is the only elected government official from the former PNP-led administration that is being...
UWI postgrad concerns revisited
The Editor, Sir: It was expected that the article titled 'What's up at UWI?' published in The Sunday Gleaner on February 10, would stir up concern in the university's administration.
Sick of behaviour in schools
The Editor, Sir: I must congratulate you for your article this morning (Friday) in The Gleaner about the sex act at a high school.
Was slavery ever abolished?
The Editor, Sir: Recently, I have had to question whether or not the emancipation of slavery was merely a clever shadow game played out by the patriarchs of the plantocracy or a romantic nightmare after a late night curry goat feed.I began to come to...
Taking agriculture more seriously
The Editor, Sir: Although I am Kingston-born and raised I am quite passionate about agriculture - to the point that I believe it should be taught in schools from infant and primary levels to the GCE/JSC levels in high schools along with marketing and entrepreneurship skills.
Do tax acts defy Constitution?
The Editor, Sir: The NIS Act 1966, the NHT Act 1976, and the Education Tax Act 1983/6 were all authorised by Parliament to be funded only from a person's "earnings" or "earned income" which is "earned" from employment or self-employment being income which is worked for and not from investment income which is not worked for.
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