Jamaica Gleaner News- Letters - Wednesday

LETTER OF THE DAY - Samples from the realm of 'Positive Parenting'

The Editor, Sir: Please allow me space to 'kill' two birds with one stone re the Positive Parenting article by 'Dr Noel Smith Williams: father, mother to his children' in The Gleaner of December 15. I recall as a child, Mom saying constantly "education is the way ...

A bleeping shame

THE EDITOR, Sir: I urge the Broadcasting Comission to clamp down on the broadcast of profanity in the electronic media. The latest example was on CVM TV, which sometime after 1 a.m. on Tuesday broadcast a movie with at least two expletives...

No profiteering!

The Editor, Sir: I refer your readers to the fact that when oil price was US$147 per barrel the gas stations were selling gas at J$80 per litre, but now that it is selling for us$45.00 per barrel (about 70 per cent drop), the stations are still selling...

Minimum term for gun crime?

The Editor, Sir:In response to an article in The Sunday Gleaner in which Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, president of the Jamaican Bar Association, indicated that she would mount a challenge in court should Parliament adopt a proposal to institute a minimum...

The wisdom of capital punishment

The Editor, Sir: I am simply compelled to respond to Yanique Browns's argument against capital punishment as expressed in her letter of December 15, titled 'other ways to punish'.Yanique has challenged the moral grounds upon which the government ...

When the Bible was ahead of its time

The Editor, Sir: While it is commendable to quote scriptures, particularly to highlight the matter of accountability, the contributor of 'Payback time ...' failed to direct honest-hearted ones on the straight and narrow path as revealed in the Holy...

Chicken importers state their case

The Editor, Sir :Ordinarily we do not seek to defend ourselves in the public forum; however, based on the blatant disrespect for Refrigerated Cargo Importers and Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, we feel compelled to comment on the unfounded...