LETTER OF THE DAY - Stem cell pills - is Jamaica ready?
THE EDITOR, Sir: Stem cells are cells that have the ability to duplicate themselves and become any tissue or organ of the body. There are basically three different types of stem cell research - embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells and recently, stem cells from the umbilical cord.
Stand up and boycott
The Editor, Sir: Please, please, say it isn't so - no promotion of the homosexual lifestyle to Jamaican school children! Is there still a Church in Jamaica? Will not men and women of sound moral worth stand up, march, boycott - do whatever it takes...
Homo text in schools
The Editor, Sir: I noted in yesterday's edition, the brewing issue of homosexuality being taught in schools, in a way I find to be covert and wrong. As a father to a young family, I want to state my total opposition to such practices...
What does 'murder' mean?
The Editor, Sir: The news media quite rightly provide us with murder statistics from time to time. Further clarification of 'murder', however, would help us to interpret the data more accurately. I would like some answers to the following four questions ...
No categories for murder
The Editor, Sir: While I was skimming through The Gleaner of Friday, October 26, an item of news from 'International Briefs' caught my eye. It was entitled 'Russian serial killer: 'I felt like God''. The words, credited to the man Alexander Pichushkin, keep coming back to me...
Acting without thinking
The Editor, Sir: One of the largest orange farms in Jamaica had a serious case of praedial larceny, with thieves stealing the oranges on a nightly basis by the truckloads. The management and some close friends got together and worked out a plan to stop the robberies.
Bird-shooting ban mooted
The Editor, Sir: It is with the utmost pleasure that I endorse and fully support the call for immediate steps to be taken to ban bird shooting. The Government needs to take serious note of this advice from the Portland Environment Protection Association...
Looking at the real world
The Editor, Sir: This morning's Gleaner lead story - 'Same-sex lessons', reported on a textbook being used to prepare students for the CXC examinations in home economics; a section of the book was quoted, which indicated that same-sex unions may now be defined...
Bridge saga
The Editor, Sir: Like Mr. Howard Chin (letter, October 30, 2007), I too have been reading the many letters on the "Flat Bridge problem." Mr Chin's last paragraph sums up the situation in real terms. I, however, frequently characterise the dilemma as one which...
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