Jamaica Gleaner News- Letters - Tuesday

LETTER OF THE DAY - Plan for next cycle of high oil prices

THE EDITOR, Sir: THE VERY high price of oil has taken a downward plunge. This respite should give us time to prepare for the next cycle of high prices which may be back in under five years. Wise people use the years of plenty to prepare for the famine....

Tribute to alife well lived

THE EDITOR, Sir: IT WAS with great sorrow that I heard the news of the passing of Mr Hartley Neita. Here was a great man of journalism, prime minis-ters' spokesman, a family man, who shared his upbringing of over 78 years with us, his readers.

Jamaica seen as model for Caribbean

THE EDITOR, Sir: I FREQUENTLY travel to Jamaica and have been doing so for the last 45 years. My first purchase after deplaning is a copy of The Gleaner, which immediately puts me in touch with what's happening on my favourite Caribbean island...

Hope for our children - thoughts for parents and Jamaica

The Editor, Sir: As we try to find solutions for the spiralling deviant/criminal behaviours in our schools and, by extension, our island, I would like to forward some food for thought and put forward some solutions that I think will help ...

Stimulus for education debate

The Editor, Sir: This is in response to Edward Seaga's article in The Sunday Gleaner of December 14.Dear Mr Seaga,Thanks for your well-researched article titled 'Higher education at crossroads'.

In defence of Mugabe

The Editor, Sir: Who are you to call for the removal of awards to a sitting president? Do you know the full situation in Zimbabwe? Do you know what a sanction is? Do you know what the effects of such are? Are you aware of the specific nations which have...

Saluting The Gleaner

The Editor, Sir:This Christmas, I'd like to thank Joshua and Jacob deCordova, co-founders of The Gleaner in the 1830s, two visionaries who understood what it was to be 'gleaners'. They are now long gone.

Facing the harsh reality

The Editor, Sir: It's amazing that there is still a debate over the death penalty in Jamaica based on the fact that the populace of the island is under attack by criminals. Those who are arguing against the death penalty are living in denial...