LETTER OF THE DAY - PM challenged on Patois Bible issue
THE EDITOR, Sir: THIS IS an open letter to the Hon Bruce Golding, prime minister, on the issue of producing a Patois version of the Bible. Dear Prime Minister,In your intervention in the debate on the on the desirability of a Patois translation of the Bible ...
No problem with deaf drivers
THE EDITOR, Sir: Leighton Sharras wrote a letter to you opposing the Jamaican Government's green signal to deaf drivers on roads. He argued that the deaf cannot react to sirens or emergency vehicles as they cannot hear. He asked that the Government withdraw...
Chambers a victim of change
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE DEATH of Douglas Chambers brought back memories to one who has been there, at least close enough. During the late 1970s and early '80s, we had a phenomenon in Jamaica. It was commonplace where workers who were dissatisfied with the management style...
Anomalies in enumeration of electors
THE EDITOR, Sir: DESPITE THE recent controversial statements about Mr Danville Walker, the electoral system made tremendous improvements during his tenure as director of elections. However, I wish to point out that there are lingering inequities in the system...
Opportunity for reform
The Editor, Sir: The news of the alleged assassination of Douglas Chambers appears to once again shock a sleeping nation to its senses, or has it? Every few weeks, we go through the same cycle where a prominent citizen is murdered and there are numerous...
New political regime
The Editor, Sir: This is a response to last Thursday's John Rapley column. Mr Rapley, Your recent column on the topic of "The new medievalism" was quite fascinating, disturbing and frightening in its analytical accuracy, courageous and sobering...
More expedition in justice system
The Editor, Sir: Jamaicans have been inconvenienced in many ways over the past decades by various proclamations, with some being contrary to the Constitution of Jamaica. Jamaicans have sacrificed in many ways to conform lawfully, only to have proclaimed activists or dons...
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