Letter of the day - PM's shocking stance on extortionists
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS shocked to read a statement made by the Prime Minister at his party's annual conference, that he would rather shut down the inner city housing project than pay one cent to the extortionists.
A different approach
LAST WEEK'S suggestions in the Main News analysis by News Editor Phyllis Thomas on the use of DJs to encourage an amnesty for guns, stirred a lively response from readers. We publish some of the responses below.
Long live Jamaica!
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a Nigerian but have been involved with Jamaica for over 25 years of my life. First as a child protégé miming to the tunes of men like Daddy U-Roy, U-Brown, Big Youth, and later as the first Nigerian to own...
J'cans need decent jobs
THE EDITOR, Sir: I'M AN American citizen who comes to Jamaica often. I just read your Sunday article by Phyllis Thomas "Use DJs, media to take guns off street"...It's not fair to take weapons from people who have them for security purposes.
Shame on you, Ms Ritch
THE EDITOR, Sir: I RECENTLY read Ms. Dawn Ritch's exposition on the origin of her racial background. Never have I heard such absurdity. Ms. Ritch, how can you justify the slave trade? It was wrong 400 years ago and it is still wrong today.
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