Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Tuesday | August 11, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Walk away from the IMF table
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAVING READ your article in the Independence Day publication, I feel compelled to write and share my view.I was born two days before Jamaica became an independent nation. Not in my memory has there been a time when it could be said that economically... Read More...
Well done, Minister Grange
THE EDITOR, Sir: This is an open letter to Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, minister of youth, sports and cultureDear Minister Grange,I wanted to first of all write to apologise for my not being able to take up your gracious invitation to attend the recent Grand... Read More...
Take note, policymakers
THE EDITOR, Sir:I commend Mary Gordon for her article published in The Sunday Gleaner. I hope that the minister of education and all those who would dictate policies will take time to study what she had to say. Read More...
No working hydrants
THE EDITOR, Sir: OUR INFRASTRUCTURE is in a dismal state and has been so for decades. Many fire hydrants have been out of operation for well over 30 years.
Stop the discriminationAs a child, I recall the hydrants being bled to release ... Read More...
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN RESPONSE to the letter about the bad treatment of Jamaicans by the United States (US) Embassy, I totally agree. I am an American who travels to the island frequently... Read More...
Learning from our past
THE EDITOR, Sir:Although we have come a very long way in reaching this point - 47 years of Independence - it is implausible to say that, as a nation, we really have made use of the opportunity that was so painfully given to us. Read More...
Thinking our way through recession
THE EDITOR, Sir:WITH THE new changes in world economy affecting the local economy, the time is right for us to use our thinking faculties to better Jamaica.Since sugar and banana are going out of production because of world market pricing, alternative... Read More...
South St James residents demand answers
THE EDITOR, Sir: WE THE constituents of South St James are demanding immediate answers from our Member of Parliament, Derrick Kellier, on how the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in South St James is being spent. Sir, we have gleaned some figures which... Read More...
Jamaica patterning Kenya
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a Jamaican living in the United Kingdom and serving with the British Army. I have been to Kenya twice this year and I am writing this letter from there. The Kenyan economy is in shambles. Read More...
Redefinition after 47 years
THE EDITOR, Sir: For the very first time, I attended the Independence Day ceremony held on the West Lawns of King's House. Read More...
