Speculation blamed
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE GOVERNMENT has identified speculation as the chief reason for the recent rapid devaluation of the Jamaican dollar. It has stepped in with measures to halt the slide.

Tax foreign exchange purchases
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE SLIDE in the J$ has catapulted the economy into financial uncertainty. How did this sudden slide come about? As I read the articles and journals they point to one area - SPECULATORS.

Can the Privy Council refuse to hear our cases?
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAVING READ the two articles concerning the CCJ and the Privy Council I found something missing.

More education, not legislation
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RECENT beating deaths of children in Jamaica are an extreme extension of the problem of spanking.

Fiscal mismanagement
THE EDITOR, Sir: OVER THE past ten years I have watched with a high degree of trepidation how this present government handles the affairs of this country.

A deeper perspective
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LETTER by A.N. Ansari (Letter of the day, Gleaner, May 6, '03) was a fair response to the article 'An empty concept' by Betty Ann Blaine (Gleaner, May 4, '03) but it only dealt with the most obvious fallacy of religious chauvinism...

Free Winnie Mandela
THE EDITOR, Sir: WINNIE MANDELA must be set free of whatever accusation or misdoing that causes her to be under persecution, why? Because apartheid was wrong, inhumane, gross ignorance and arrogance.