LETTER OF THE DAY - Hardships of foreign 'luxury' need exposure
The Editor, Sir: Your 'more food for thought' editorial in the Saturday's Gleaner (April 5), gave us much nutrients to digest. You eloquently forked and ploughed right into the heart of Jamaica's dilemma with the following remark: "It was also noted in the article ...
Congrats, Red Stripe!
The Editor, Sir: This organisation congratulates Red Stripe for its decision to withdraw sponsorship from live music events which facilitate violent and antisocial lyrics.When we as a nation - at the governmental, corporate and citizen levels - realise...
Teaching literacy
The Editor, Sir: I read with interest Martin Henry's article 'New focus on literacy' (April 6). Synthetic phonics tackles illiteracy in precisely the way he outlines. It targets whole classes at an early age and aims to teach them the basic sounds of English to enable them to start...
Disgusted with MP behaviour
The Editor, Sir: I am writing to express my disgust with some of those persons who have been selected to conduct the country's business. Having read the article titled 'Naughty, naughty, Warmington!' Portia says he is disgracing the family, published in The Sunday Gleaner ...
Community policing
The Editor, Sir: Over the last two years the practice of community policing seems to have declined in the communities of Bog Walk.As the incidence of crime and violence increases in this once peaceful rural district, political players fail to enact in unison their campaign manifesto...
Sugar industry for the future
THE EDITOR, Sir: On reading The Gleaner of Saturday, March 15, I came upon an interesting article by a Mr McGregor about the sugar industry. As a former worker in that industry, I would like to appeal to the Government to speed up the process of bringing back the industry...
How to deal with electricity theft
The Editor, Sir: It has been reported in the media that it is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually for utilities acquired through illegal means; and further that the cost of stolen electricity is an expense borne by the Jamaica Public Service and legal paying customers....
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