The Editor, Sir: I have been blessed with some fascinating influences in my life - among them the Reverend Dr Richmond Nelson, former principal of Oberlin High School whose mantra was simply "your attitude determines your altitude" ...
The Editor, Sir: Many children in Highgate, St Mary, as in other rural Jamaican communities, are sharing experiences with older community members that help them to associate old age with vitality...
The EDITOR, Sir:I am appalled by the recent reports of barbaric and inhumane acts of bullying at a prominent teachers' college in Kingston and the cowardice of the institution's administrators in failing to reprimand the perpetrators of such acts....
The Editor, Sir: Peter Bunting's inappropriate remarks re user fees at the opening of Block J at the Mandeville Hospital was sad when one thinks of how many persons are being helped through all kinds of illnesses because...
The Editor, Sir:I endorse the views expressed In Errol McLeish's letter published on December 20 about motorists warning other drivers of police speed checks.
The Editor, Sir:The revelation that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has secured 50 additional speed guns as a part of its thrust to curtail speeding on the road, especially during the festive season...
The Editor, Sir: King David, in the Bible, was described as a man after God's own heart. Most preachers I've heard commenting on this declaration would attribute it to his repentance ...
The Editor, Sir: The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption notes the comments attributed to Dr Peter Phillips (as stated in your newspaper of Monday, December 6) in a speech made recently...
THE EDITOR, Sir: GraceKennedy has once again demonstrated why it is so resilient and successful in this time of international and local economic crisis.
THE PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has expressed concern at the handling of recent tax measures announced by Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw.
One of the most well-known and documented features of my extensive political career has been my affinity for statistical data as an important tool to foster both community and national development.
Church leaders in the Caribbean nation of Grenada are complaining about a Christmas Eve concert by reggae acts with names like Assassin and Mr Killa. They say it's an affront to the island's Christian heritage.
When they deck the halls in opulent Abu Dhabi, it comes with gold ornaments and gem-studded bows on a towering Christmas tree. The $11-million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars.
The Editor, Sir:Our national heroes, especially Sir Alexander Bustamante, must be collectively turning in their graves, having come to the realisation that one of the pillars of our Independence...
The Editor, Sir: The public cries out for education reform because schools are doing so poorly. It's a bit like listening to a flock of 'Chicken Littles' screaming 'the sky is falling.'..
The Editor, Sir:Finance Minister Audley Shaw's actions are reminiscent of Edward Seaga's in 1980! After four years of political turmoil, crime and violence, Mr Seaga repaid the...
The Editor, Sir: My wife and I were once again fortunate enough to spend time in your beautiful country. We long ago shunned the all-inclusives, choosing instead to stay local, visiting the citizens, shopping and eating locally...
The Editor, Sir:In Ewart Walters' otherwise fine tribute to the greatly missed John Maxwell ('The peerless John Maxwell', December 15) there was a slip of the pen that, in John's absence, those of us who admired his penchant for accuracy and his...
The Editor, Sir:In one of my previous letters I stated that, as a regulatory agency, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was impotent and silent in the face of the JPS frontal assault on the pockets of its consumers and I asked of them to just...
The Editor, Sir:I, along with all well-thinking chess players, share the deep disappointment which the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) voiced, and which was captured in The Gleaner's article, 'Pitterson's Exclusion From Awards List Angers Chess...
