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Letters to the Editor
Letters about Jamaican Issues
JPS' late payment fee cause for concern
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Editor, Kindly allow me to send an open letter to Ms Kelly Tomblin, President of the Jamaica Public Sevice Company (JPS). Ms Tomblin, I observed the great effort you and your team have been pursuing in creating a new image for the JPS. Since you have taken over the light and power company, there has been a sincere e ...more
Bring back corporal punishment in schools
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I hope it's not too late for me to zero in, endorse and congratulate Mr Norman Edmonson for writing such a very important article, titled: "Corporal punishment is not abuse", which was published in the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. ...more
Disrespecting the dead
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Dear Editor, It is reported in another newspaper (The Star) that the Spanish Town police yesterday seized an Escalade Sports Utility Vehicle that was transporting a body to a funeral after documentation proved it should not be operating on the road. ...more
Celebrate brightness, not darkness!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I was forwarded a local news story surrounding graduation controversy at Glenmuir High School, which even piqued Education Minister Thwaites' interest, although he vowed not to get involved. According to the report, Glenmuir has a strict graduation p ...more
Scent of hypocrisy from Gordon house
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Editor,
Sometime ago, Lady Allen, the wife of Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, made utterances to the effect that her belief in Jamaica was severely shaken by the brutal murder of a one-time member of their security detail.
The good lady si ...more
Deliberate misuse of word homophobia
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Editor, May 17 was observed as the International Day Against Homophobia. It is, therefore, an opportune time to register our objection to the word and more specifically to its current usage. A phobia is defined as an irrational fear, and in any ...more
Spare a thought for so-called 'uncontrollable' children
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Editor, As the society goes through various Child Month observances, we reflect on the joy that children bring and the excitement in contemplating what they could become. By our laws, and in partnership with international conventions, Jamaica ...more
Don't allow condoms in school
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Editor, Giving me an R6 motorcycle and telling me not to speed on highway 2000 but to obey the 50 miles per hour speed limit is setting me up for a traffic ticket. In much the same way, giving condoms to the children in schools is detrimental ...more
Faith restored in the police
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Editor, A few days ago, I had an unpleasant incident involving criminals at my gate. I phoned Matilda's Corner Police Station — the phone was answered before the third ring — and I reported the incident to Constable Evans . With th ...more
Those who can afford to run will
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Dear Editor,
In the 1970s, then Prime Minister, the late Michael Manley, said on public television: "If you do not like my policies, there are five flights a day to Miami, and you can get out of Jamaica". A number of the middle class, especially the ...more
Jamaica, not JPS, facing death
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Dear Editor,
I read with great concern and amusement the letter written by Alfred Sangster, which seemed to have been sent to clearly sing the praises of JPS on the basis of a number of so-called myths inspired by the Jamaica Observer's recent headl ...more
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