The Editor, Sir: At the recently concluded Boys' and Girls' Championships held at the National Stadium, I sat beside the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller and I kissed her, or rather she kissed me, several times. I was struck by what appeared to be the genuine warmth of this lady and I couldn't help think that maybe she actually cares about Jamaicans.

THE EDITOR, Sir: The number of street boys/windshield wipers at traffic lights has been allowed to grow over the years and has now assumed epidemic proportions with their numbers appearing to swell each year.

The Editor, Sir: Today begins the seven days of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, a religious observance espoused by Jewish congregations, members of the Yahweh faith, and the H.W. Armstrong-founded Church of God. The majority of Christian churches have, for centuries, expunged these old Jewish festivals from church worship.

The Editor, Sir:

The Minister of Agriculture Dr Christopher Tufton launches an effort to prevent a possible food shortage crisis and to decrease the amount of food we import. The plans that Dr Tufton outlined are very interesting but the question people are asking is, why just now?

The Editor, Sir: As with music, Jamaicans have a wish that other aspects of our culture, like our art, will find world recognition and respect, worlwide. Yet, apart from a class-conscious sense of pride for the possession of 'art pieces,' the nation has very little sense, on the whole, of its culture as reflected in pieces of its art.