People's needs not being addressed
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM greatly distressed to see the large amount of persons begging in our country today. They can be found virtually everywhere, especially in the Corporate Area. I acknowledge that the government cannot help everyone but when I hear..

The RGD and long delays
THE EDITOR, Madam: I RECENTLY heard Mrs. Patricia Holness of the Registrar-General Department on the radio with Mr. Perkins extolling the RGD's efficiency and that by March 2001 it will take only 15 - 20 minutes to get a certified copy of a...

Poor police treatment
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM writing this letter to let the Jamaican public know that I was treated like a 5th class citizen. I left Jamaica on Sunday, August 20, to finish my Bachelors degree at Howard University in Washington, DC.

My brother Roger Grant

THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM looking for my brother. His name is Roger Grant. He has relatives listed by the names: Esmie Grant who is his aunt and Aubrey Finlayson his father. I believe he was born in 1971 at St. Margaret's Hospital, Morant Bay, St. Thomas..

On demonstrating good parental skills
THE EDITOR, Madam: IT IS an amazing thing when you are given the awesome responsibility of nurturing the life of a child. To know that your hands are the tools God chose to mould a life; an innocent life that constantly looks to you for love, care,...

The Butch Stewart speech and crime - Minister Knight is only a sweet talker
THE EDITOR, Madam: I HAVE been paying close attention to the media in the past few days regarding the call for the government, and more particularly the Minister of National Security and Justice Mr. K.D. Knight, to "shape up or ship out".

Air Jamaica's fare is too high
THE EDITOR, Madam: PLEASE ALLOW me to applaud Butch Stewart's recent comments at the Rotary Luncheon regarding the crime situation in Jamaica. Crime is undoubtedly the second biggest obstacle to increased tourism in our country. It is admirable, (if..