Forward!
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN REFERENCE to the article entitled 'PM pressing for a J'can Republic ...

Unacceptable service, SLB!
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS something seriously wrong with the administration of the Students' Loan Bureau. I took a loan from the bureau in 1997 and I paid off the loan in 2000.

Heart-warming achievements
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT'S SO good to read letters of excellence when a fellow Jamaican beats the odds in a foreign country and was awarded the Presidential Awards.

Trying to find my dad
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM 27 years old and have never met my father, all I know is that his name is Earl Wallace and was 22 when I was born.

Taxi rates are too high
THE EDITOR, Sir: REGARDING THE rate increase for taxis, I would like to say that this is and will be counterproductive to the overall benefit of Jamaicans.

Blackwoods, Kraal need JP
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE on behalf of the people living in the Blackwoods and Beckford Kraal areas, located in North Central Clarendon. For about a year now, we are without the services of a resident Justice of the Peace.

Hats off to you Ms Drummond
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE had the privilege of being employed in the Education Ministry for approximately six months. This was my shortest tenure in any institution.

Bring crime under control
THE EDITOR, Sir: CRIME IN Jamaica has reached epidemic proportions and it's time a serious effort be made to do something about it.

POB guide: A big plus
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to say thanks for your weekly POB guide last school term. With your guide and little assistance from a textbook, I did POB on my own and got a grade two.

Timely, invaluable and profound
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE OBSERVATIONS and comments on sustainable tourism development by Mr. Howard Batson, the director of the environmental and natural resources section of the USAID to a Sandals hotel gathering, is timely, invaluable and profound.

Enormous water bill
THE EDITOR, Sir: A CONCERN about the water bill. It's bad enough that people everywhere are complaining about not having water in their pipes for days, but what's even worse is being hit with an enormous water bill at the end of the month.