Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Wednesday | February 18, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - From daggerin' to better dancehall
The Editor, Sir: The emotive hype caused by the Broadcasting Commission's ban on lewd lyrics from the airways, gives need to a conversation that is long overdue.Having listened to various players involved... Read More...
Imagining a peaceful nation
The Editor, Sir: We often hear the cry that the crime situation in Jamaica is out of control and something needs to be done. The statistics that violent crime has decreased, when compared with the corresponding period last year... Read More...
Too many cowards in Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: The one thing Jamaica has one too many of these days, is cowards. I applaud MP Ernest Smith for not being one and for commenting on something that I have wondered about myself for some time now. Read More...
Excellent job
The Editor, Sir: I must commend the Broadcasting Commission for the excellent job it is doing in trying to stem this growing and lewd outrage of profanity and slackness that has been plaguing the airwaves for quite some time. Read More...
Is Falmouth cruise port reckless spending?
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN WILL our leaders stop borrowing huge sums to finance their addiction to unsustainable development? Whence this fixation with gargantuan developments that we cannot afford to maintain? A case in point is the burgeoning - and very... Read More...
The Church's role in society
The Editor, Sir:The role of the Church is to help the society and not to put up with or tolerate the corruption, slackness, evils and total disregard for God's laws that occur on a regular basis within the society.The Church should be an organisation... Read More...
Handling the effects of global recession
The Editor, Sir: I would first like to take this opportunity to thank your guest writer, Damien King, for his commentary, "Stop Panicking!", in Friday's Financial Gleaner. He did, in fact, bring 'economic sense'... Read More...
MP's views on gays backward
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FIND IT really disgusting that a member of parliament in today's world could make such comments about J-FLAG. He should be made to apologise to the Jamaican people for his bigoted views. Read More...
JFLAG refers to constitution
The Editor, Sir: In responding to Member of Parliament Ernest Smith, J-FLAG noted that Section 23 (1) of the Jamaican Constitution states: "No person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of peaceful assembly and association... Read More...
Politicians sharing power
The Editor, Sir:In our quest to tackle our problem of crime, there are some additional critical steps that may have to be looked at, at the political level. It is no secret that the prime minister and the opposition leader ... Read More...
