A united fight against lawlessness
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LATEST crime figures given by the police and reported in the May 12 edition of The Gleaner show that nearly 450 persons were murdered since the start of the year. This is an average of four persons killed each day.

Stand up and be counted
THE EDITOR, Sir: I FIND it very upsetting the way politicians and other prominent people in Jamaica, tend to highlight acts by Government, that sometimes impact negatively on poor citizens (rightly so), but they never seem to see the acts...

Local Government reform
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM pleased to see Minister Portia Simpson Miller's recent thoughts on Local Government in yesterday's Gleaner under the heading 'Central Government too large'.

Air Jamaica, 'we can't Belize it'
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE in disgust of what Air Jamaica did to proud Jamaicans in Belize, Central America. They came with a bang! We were proud and happy to have them at long last and just before the summer vacation when most of us were planning...

An insightful commentary
THE EDITOR, Sir: THIS LETTER is in regards to an insightful and well written commentary by Dr. Ralph Thompson entitled "Education in a fragmented society."

Proud to be a Manchester High past student
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE ALLOW me a slot in The Gleaner to express how proud I am to be a past student of Manchester High School (MHS). I attended from 1991 until 1998 when I graduated from sixth form as the Deputy Head Girl.

Tax on tourists
THE EDITOR, Sir: I THOUGHT the tax on tourists was a good idea but I was most upset that the money was for the tourist industry. Why don't they tax tourists and the money go to the suffering mothers who every September have to provide...