LETTER OF THE DAY - Rethinking the emergency response services
THE EDITOR, Sir: RECENTLY, I, like so many of my fellow Jamaicans, lost some friends and neighbours in a motor vehicle accident. In my particular situation it was a neighbour who actually died on the way to the hospital.
Good Samaritans
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON THURSDAY morning, July 6, my helper told me that an accidental fire at 5 Birdsucker Lane during the previous night had burnt out the homes of seven families, who had no time to save anything.
Hell on earth
THE EDITOR, Sir: MY MIND fluctuates between three worlds; heaven, hell and this here hell on earth, where man has lowered his conscience to that of any other animal in the kingdom; where our lives are not our own...
Condom use, the safest
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM sometimes at a loss for words by the naivety and/or ignorance of others. A perfect example was a letter in yesterday's edition (July 11, 2006) titled 'Abstinence is the only true answer to AIDS'.
Drag racing on Hope, Old Hope roads
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS no secret to John Public nor to the police, that drag racing is practised regularly on two main artery roads, Old Hope Road and Hope Road, initiated mainly at a particular gas station.
Jamaica in decline
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FEEL that the situation in Jamaica is and has been steadily declining for the past 20 years under both political parties. Jamaican society, meaning the influential classes, have no respect for the poor...
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