LETTER OF THE DAY - Emergency action needed on crime
The Editor, Sir: The crime problem is engulfing the nation and has been so for almost two decades. People are cowering, families are scam-pering home before nightfall to try and avoid the marauding gunmen. The prime minister has just corrected the most blatant mistake...
Special House sitting sought
The Editor, Sir: The Young Professionals' Caucus of the People's National Party is calling on the nation to support our request for a special session of Parliament to be convened to define and agree upon a national response and strategy to ebb the...
Where the buck stops
The Editor, Sir: The prime minister's statement that the crime plan is the purview of the commissioner of police leaves me quite uneasy, because it is well known that crime is a multi-dimensional creature - the result or manifestation of unemployment...
Scared to come home
The Editor, Sir: I am a Jamaican mother living in the United States and I must say, I am scared to even visit my family that still resides in the island. I am a single mother of three kids whose father was murdered in Jamaica in 2003. I love my country but fear ...
Senators silent on citizenship
The Editor, Sir: The disqualifications for membership in the Senate are similar to those of the House of Representatives. Accordingly, the judgement handed down by McCalla, CJ, is applicable to members of the Senate insofar as it relates to the interpretation of Section 40 (2).
Lifestyle myths
The Editor, Sir: Claude Wilson, in defence of PM Golding's anti-gay stance, claims that straight people confine their sex life to their bedrooms and that gays should do likewise (Gleaner, Monday, May 26, 2008). This is one of the myths perpetrated...
Facing anarchy
The Editor, Sir: The pages of The Gleaner now seem, metaphorically, to be soaked in blood. Bodies continue to fall across the country on a daily basis. It appears we are now witnessing a low-grade civil war. We are in the throes of an attack...
America will be OK
The Editor, Sir: This is in reply to Ed McCoy of Florida: Perhaps you should play a wait-and-see role before you condemn this great country. We have been through much worse than this, and have somehow managed to survive and prosper...
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