Of dons and Parliamentarians
THE EDITOR, Madam: FINALLY IT seems one of the few things that make Jamaica different from its Latin neighbours is gone. On July 11 in your commentaries, the point was driven home even further by the article on the dons and the death squad.

Mormonism is no cult
THE EDITOR, Madam: I REFER to an article 'Why do people get involve in cults?' published in The Gleaner on Wednesday July 5. In that article the Rev. Ernle Gordon made some serious judgements about three denominations which in his opinion are cults. Do..

Road fatalities and public transport vehicles
THE EDITOR, Madam: I FIND very disturbing the number of fatalities that are occurring on the streets in Jamaica that are caused by public transport vehicles! I wonder if the police or any agencies in Jamaica have any statistics of the per cent of...

Justice delayed ­ as a juror sees it
THE EDITOR, Madam: HAVING RECENTLY served as a juror in the courts in Kingston I feel compelled to write to share my observations on the administration of justice as is meted out through this system.

Water pumps but no water
THE EDITOR, Madam: IT IS out of great frustration, as well as concern for the cloak of silence which has shrouded the Chapelton, Sangster Height, Woodhall and Mt. Providence water supply upgrading scheme, that I write this letter, hoping that someone...

Soldiers are neither warders, nor police!
THE EDITOR, Madam: IT IS my hope that this letter be read by the Minister of National Security and Justice. Soldiers are not trained to routinely patrol civilian areas or under 'normal' conditions: they are not trained to apprehend and/or arrest...

Clarification on EU issues
THE EDITOR, Madam: MAY I, as a member of the visiting British Trade Mission, ask for a few column inches to reply to the extraordinary remarks by the 'European Union Trade Commission' Pascal Lamy published in your Friday (July 7) edition? The first...