LETTER OF THE DAY - Who will benefit if Air Jamaica closes?
The Editor, Sir: Over the past months I have watched with interest the various and sundry changes taking place at Air Jamaica. Every time I have heard the new chairperson speak I have been struck by her measured words and clear thinking; yet Air Jamaica continues to be plagued...
Backing the security forces
The Editor, Sir: Kudos to Dr. Phillips for supporting the security forces unequivocally. I am an expatriate who now lives in the States; nevertheless, it grieves me to read The Gleaner online due to the barbaric nature of some of Jamaica's citizens.
'Squandering goodwill'
The Editor, Sir: I am a Jamaican citizen who believes in this country and sees a bright future for Jamaica and Jamaicans. As such, it is extremely disheartening to see the extent to which the Jamaica Labour Party is squandering whatever goodwill it so grudgingly received...
More questions than answers
The Editor, Sir: I draw attention to recent reports in the public media, and in particular, to an article in The Sunday Gleaner of January 13, and what appears to be excerpts from an apology given by a Ricardo Azan.
Who will 'bell the cat'
The Editor, Sir: The suggestion by a correspondent published in The Gleaner January 12 to ban music that contain messages promoting violence as a means of reducing acceptance by the public is valid, but who is going to 'bell the cat' (i.e.implement it) is where the difficulty...
Abortion also hurts women
The Editor, Sir: The scientific fact that the foetus is a human being is sufficient basis for continued strident objection to deliberate abortion as it is being promoted by this 'advisory group' to which you alluded in the page one story of January 15....
On humans and crabs
The Editor, Sir: In response to the letter from J.E. Warioba on January 12, the postulate that we, humans, may not be better than crabs, should not be dismissed out of hand. Where we excel in cognition and in developing technology, the 'common crustacean' is a wonder of evolutionary ...
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