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Letters
Racial encounters
THE EDITOR, Madam: I UNDERSTAND fully what Colin Henry went through. On one occasion, my wife and I, plus another black woman, were similarly detained for searching and questioning, while the other passengers, all white, were waved ceremoniously...
A pleasant cruise
THE EDITOR, Madam: I RECENTLY revisited Jamaica on a cruise stop-over in Ocho Rios. As a Jamaican living in the States, I have read the stories in The Gleaner about cruise lines who have allegedly told their passengers not to get off the boat in...
A nation of trespassers
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE RECENT announcement by Water and Housing Minister Karl Blythe on the removal of squatters in the Ocho Rios area, has brought to mind the seriousness of the act of trespassing in Jamaica as a whole.
Shaw wrong on Mandeville road
THE EDITOR, Madam: I WAS born and raised in Mandeville and am quite familiar with the New Green Road which was mentioned in your lead article of July 19 (The Gleaner Online) by Member of Parliament Audley Shaw.
Funds for productive sector - a good move
THE EDITOR, Madam: I NOTE with tremendous delight that the commercial banks have bought into government's proposal the using of funds made available by the phased reduction in the cash reserve ratios to buy into development bonds that will be used to...
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