LETTER OF THE DAY - Why did PNP members keep Kern from talking?
The Editor, Sir: The Gleaner headline, yesterday read, 'Kern wept'. As the story of the Cuban 'free' bulbs continues to unravel, we might see persons being arrested and charged. Minister Clive Mullings stated that "this is not a question of irregularities...
Great concern over bulbs
The Editor, Sir: I wish to humbly comment on the happenings that have unfolded over the past two weeks regarding the Cuban light bulb scandal. It is with deep regret that I learned of the excessive expenditure ...
All in the same boat
The Editor, Sir: I never thought I would live to see the day when the well-to-do and the not-so-well-off would have common complaints. But after reading Peter Shoucair's letter entitled 'Jacks Hill danger', which appeared in The Gleaner on November 6....
Where do illegal guns come from?
THE EDITOR, Sir: Who are importing the guns? Where do these murderers and criminals get their guns? Where are they coming from? First of all, let us ask this question: Where do the soldiers, police and armed forces get their guns? The Government knows...
Visa interviews
The Editor, Sir: While travelling back from the U.S. earlier this year on an Air Jamaica flight I looked around at the other passengers and smiled. For the first time in my years of travel it hit me that the U.S. visa policy appeared to facilitate diversity....
Don't let homophobia impair reasoning
The Editor, Sir: The furore this past week over reports of a textbook which refers to same-sex unions as a type of family option being used in some secondary schools is simply absurd. The 'controversial' clause being debated is merely stating a fact...
Disgusted with these agencies
The Editor, Sir: I am utterly disgusted and dis-appointed with some of the government agencies in this country; in particular, the KSAC and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). It grieves me when I see Mr. Desmond McKenzie running around tearing down...
Jamaica must modernise
The Editor, Sir: Letter-writer Carlos King suggests that gays cannot be accepted into mainstream society unless that society abandons its Judeo-Christian principles. This is a feeble argument, at best. In every generation conservatives have argued that the maligned grou
A dangerous road to travel
The Editor, Sir: The Gleaner of Wednesday, October 31, 2007 tells the story of four Jamaica Labour Party Members of Parliament who are likely to face the Courts on matters relating to dual citizenship. According to the People's National Party...
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