LETTER OF THE DAY - Market forces and the key to beauty
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AGREE with the sentiments expressed in the Letter of the Day, 'Grave disparity in female choices' (Gleaner, July 27, 2005), that Jamaica is blessed with women of diverse ethnicity.
No to police-army merger
THE EDITOR, Sir: MR. SEAGA'S renewed call (Sunday Gleaner 12/06/05) to merge our police and army is ill-advised. Such an organisation, monopolising all of the coercive arsenal of the state, would pose a threat to democratic institutions...
Education a way out of poverty?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I SEE that even in this age where we preach equality and access for all, the 'haves' in Jamaica will continue to have and the 'have nots' shall remain just that. The University of the West Indies' (UWI) decision to hike the tuition...
Not a definition of Islam
THE EDITOR, Sir: MY RELIGION is Islam. The term 'Jamaican Muslim' is affixed to me because I was born on the island, lived, schooled and worked there before I migrated to Canada at the age of 24.
No more handouts
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHO SPEAKS for the overburdened, hard-working PAYE taxpayers while entities such as fishermen eat at the troughs of Government? I hail from one of those depressed fishing communities in Jamaica.
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