Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Friday | February 12, 2010
LETTER OF THE DAY - Why not merge the two forces?
THE EDITOR, Sir: Kindly allow me to express my views on the horrific homicide rate in Jamaica and what I think needs to be done about it. I have watched with great concern the escalating homicide rate in Jamaica which continues to spiral ... Read More...
Urgent! Good cops needed
THE EDITOR, Sir:God bless those two young police constables and woman corporal who fortutuitously stumbled upon men, including a cop, and that massive illegal arms cache on Munster Road last Thursday morning, February 4. Read More...
Disaster waiting to happen
THE EDITOR, Sir:A few years ago in Broadgate, St Mary, a bridge collapsed and several persons who unfortunately were on the bridge were thrown into the river and were seriously hurt. Read More...
Do more, talk less
THE EDITOR, Sir:I would like to congratulate V.Carnegie for the letter on February 11 titled, 'What a shame', that addresses the sterility of our nation's tertiary-level students... Read More...
Smoking ban makes good sense
THE EDITOR, Sir:Smoking has been recognised as a serious medical problem and, in the last 40 years, has been linked irrefutably to many serious diseases of various tissues, including cancer, heart disease, gangrene of lower limbs, stroke and lung disease. Read More...
GCT increase a retrograde move
THE EDITOR, Sir:The recent increase in the General Consumption Tax rate (GCT) from 16.5 to 17.5 per cent, as part of the Government's latest tax package to raise in excess of $21 billion to help balance the current fiscal year budget, is a retrograde... Read More...
Highway 2000 safe, convenient, pleasant
THE EDITOR, Sir:I read what turned out to be a very interesting, even amusing, article in the feature column Roving with Lalah, which was published in your Tuesday, February 9 edition of The Gleaner.As the communications officer at Jamaican... Read More...
