Letters

THE EDITOR, Sir:THOSE WHO have the formal responsibility to present us to the world and to ourselves must always appreciate that Jamaica is its people, culture and history, with that indefinable 'something' that identifies us...

THE EDITOR, Sir:The prime minister, addressing Parliament on Tuesday, was obviously upset by the fact that the courts seem to be entertaining high legal costs filed by lawyers in election petition matters recently decided in the courts.

THE EDITOR, Sir:It is with utter disgust that I write this letter about burning.Sir, apart from the constant burning of garbage and debris, there is a chemical/metal smelling substance that is being burnt not only in the inner cities, but almost...

THE EDITOR, Sir:For a man who holds no brief for anyone, I find it inexplicable how Mr Ian Boyne could be so generous to Mr Delano Seiveright as to declare that the "young man is not your typical tribalist".Mr Seiveright's remarks never seem to bear the...

THE EDITOR, Sir:Whenever I feel there is nothing I have not yet heard, I am humbled to discover there is no limit to man's stupidity, and every day brings a new inanity.Good money, I am sure, has been spent 'educating' these language experts, who must...

THE EDITOR, Sir:Like Diogenes searching at high noon with a lighted lamp, I have tried, without success, to find just cause for naming the Boscobel airport after Ian Fleming.

THE EDITOR, Sir:I write to take issue with the letter from the 'Former Civil Servant' in the January 17, 2011 issue of The Gleaner.The writer claims that "the civil service is not as neutral as some make it out to be".

THE EDITOR, Sir:Kindly allow me space to comment on a letter in The Gleaner dated January 15, 2011, by Mr Oneil Hall.First, Mr Hall states that the action of firing upon the Honduran vessel was wrong as it was "simply people catching fish to eat".

THE EDITOR, Sir:I was stunned to read that the current glut of some fruits and vegetables on the local market was being considered a negative development in light of the high cost of food.

THE EDITOR, Sir: The decision to give managerial authority of the new Downtown Municipal Transport Centre to the KSAC spells another management disaster in process...

THE EDITOR, Sir:Having recently embarked on researching my family's history, I discovered that my four-times great-grandfather, Peter Renatus Angell, a cabinetmaker, who was born in 1748, came from England to Jamaica at some time in the 18th century,...

THE EDITOR, Sir: All Jamaicans are entitled to equal rights, justice and support from all human-rights organisation initiatives.