Letter of the Day Design competition and Heroes Park
THE EDITOR, Madam: I NOTE the news of the development of the National Heroes Park presented by the government, with some dismay. I am an architect and would welcome the challenge of a design competition to realise the development of this notable site...

Seaga wrong on tourism issue
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM a Jamaican studying abroad. I am utterly disgusted with the way in which politicians have been using their influence to thwart and discourage the positive growth and development of our nation. I am deeply disturbed by the...

Fundamentalism and fanaticism
THE EDITOR, Madam: MY FIRST reaction was one of repulsion to Peter Espeut's column titled: An attack on fundamentalism (Gleaner Online, January 31), especially when he said that religious fundamentalism was an obstacle to solving many of Jamaica's...

Our churches have a lot to answer for
THE EDITOR, Madam: IN MONTREAL a play currently runs, titled Le Mouton et la Baleine, in English, The Sheep and the Whale. Moroccan playwright Ahmed Ghazadi says of his title: "I am often asked why this fable title, The Sheep and the Whale. It is...

Ja's HIV/AIDS programme on target
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE GLEANER'S Letter of the Day on January 24, 2000 which was headlined "Aids warning from South Africa", highlighted the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS and implored the Ministry of Health to make HIV/AIDS a priority issue. The...

Poor customer service from Courts
THE EDITOR, Madam: SHORTLY AFTER Christmas I went to Courts on Constant Spring Road to purchase a television. I had been there once before, maybe five years earlier, again to purchase a television, and it was my impression then that Courts did not cater.

The challenges of the aged
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE FRONT page headline in The Gleaner of January 11, 'The elderly at risk' was followed in the main, by a report on homes for the aged and the difficulties experienced within them, both by residents and operators.