Distraction of an endless debate
THE EDITOR, Madam: JAMAICA FINDS itself in the throes of an ailing economy, yet our politicians find time to over-indulge themselves in endless debates on matters of trifling social and economic significance. I refer to the absurd decision of the...

The PM and hopelessness
THE EDITOR, Madam: THIS IS a letter to the Prime Minister.

DEAR SIR,

I am old enough to have seen better times in this little island of ours, but I have never seen harder times.

What an expensive road!
THE EDITOR, Madam: I HEARD and read in the news with some amount of disbelief of the re-opening of Hope Road by Minister Peter Phillips and his praise for the contractors who worked "tirelessly" to finish the project on "time and within budget."