LETTER OF THE DAY - Poor paying more for freeness

The Editor, Sir: When it was announced that public education and health services were going to be offered to the public for free, there was widespread agreement.

Where are the parents?

The Editor, Sir: We hear a lot of talk about the responsibility of the Government and places of safety to take care of children and now of unskilled young adults with nowhere to go.

Unacceptable silence

The Editor, Sir: A bemusing chain of events was related in yesterday's lead story in The Gleaner.It read inter alia as follows: "Well-known criminal attorney Bert Samuels agreed...

Legalise the weed

The Editor, Sir: While the United States continues its pressure on Jamaica to destroy the marijuana (ganja) industry here, the industry is flourishing in that country....

An SLB horror story

The Editor, Sir: I write this letter to relate my experience, and to warn others who may find themselves in the same situation, because of what I consider may really be an unfortunate piece of psychological victimisation...

Assessing Singapore

The Editor, Sir: I am a Jamaican living and working in Singapore for the past two years and my wife is Singaporean. I left Jamaica at the age of 30 and lived another 20 years in the UK, Canada and USA...

CARICOM's uneven fields

The Editor, Sir: I don't think our economy is really ready for the sort of CARICOM integration being urged by many.

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