Letter of the Day - The discipline of sports
THE EDITOR, Sir: THIS IS a reply to Lawyer Douglas' letter to the Editor published in The Gleaner earlier this year: The pursuit of sporting mastery carries with it a high level of discipline.
Let's have re-runs of Ring Ding
THE EDITOR, Sir: THAT JAMAICA needs a cultural renaissance, is a given. Yet, it was for the sheer joy of watching it that I long so much for Ring Ding, the (then JBC) Saturday afternoon programme which was hosted by that truly incomparable, adorable...
Ban birdshooting!
THE EDITOR, Sir: PERCHANCE, I read with a great degree of interest an article in your Sunday Gleaner dated September 7, 2001, on a Game Bird Survey which is to be undertaken by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). My concerns are...
Preserving the language
THE EDITOR, Sir: MANY YEARS ago, I found pleasure in watching a particular television series that was aired on TVJ. However, much as I enjoyed the programme, I would cringe every time it was being promoted by the station. The programme: Beverly Hills...
Everol Orr, Lloyd Cole
THE EDITOR, Sir: HARD WORK should never go unnoticed and so the principal, staff and students of the Park Mountain Primary School would like to acknowledge the work of the chairman of the School Board, Mr. Everol Orr and Dr. Lloyd Cole a past student.
Staff of GSB Credit Union
THE EDITOR, Sir: NEEDING TO get some business done at the GSB Credit Union I went across to their office in New Kingston. I encountered a polite and smiling security guard. The workers who assisted me must be the cream of the GSB staff. They made me...
UWI defends paper for certificates
THE EDITOR, Sir: ST. ALBURN MUNROE need have no doubts about the 'longevity' of the certificate which he has received from the University of the West Indies. In its more than 50 years of operation, the university has used the highest quality natural...
Butch Stewart, a noble Jamaican
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to congratulate the UWI for conferring the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Dr. the Hon. Butch Stewart, a noble Jamaican.
Palestinians deserve statehood
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FIND it hard to understand why endorsing a Palestinian State as suggested by Shimon Perez, thus giving the Palestinians statehood, would be a terrible mistake. Prime Minister Sharon is a mad man.
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