Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Tuesday | April 21, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Prejudice stymies Cuban engineering graduates
The Editor, Sir: I write in response to your article published on Sunday, April 19, re a serious shortage of civil engineers in Jamaica. I am a Jamaican who has been awarded a scholarship to study in Cuba and I am now a final year chemical engineering student... Read More...
Security review needed
The Editor, Sir: Prime Minister Bruce Golding must order a security review for the Sangster International Airport following the breach in which a man who is said to be of unsound mind hijacked a CanJet chartered flight. Read More...
That hijack drama
The Editor, Sir: The news of the hijacked aeroplane at the Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica blared from a ZR radio (Barbados' version of our mini bus) on the Number six route. Read More...
Teachers should not settle for less
The Editor, Sir: As a former teacher it baffles me that so many people, especially the Government, believe that teachers do not need money. The recent announcement by Education Minister Andrew Holness in Parliament ... Read More...
New agency for tax evaders
The Editor, Sir: Any plans by the Government to increase its revenue by the addition of taxes to gas, while adding GCT to electricity and water is ill-advised and would be the biggest blunder that this administration could ever make.... Read More...
Boyne, Europe and the US
The Editor, Sir:Ian Boyne's article 'Obama as Europe's president' in The Sunday Gleaner offered a good analysis of differences between the world views of the United States and Europe and the consequent tensions in the NATO alliance. Read More...
Fixing a broken house
The Editor, Sir: I had been searching for the perfect house to rent for the last 18 and a half years and I finally found it. The lawns are well manicured but the house itself needs some fixing - but nothing I can't handle. Read More...
Cut public sector yes, but not now
The Editor, Sir: With regard to your editorial titled 'Beware of the treadmill, Mr Golding' in The Sunday Gleaner of April 19, I agree that the MOU between the former government and the public-sector unions for wage freezes and salary caps was... Read More...
The thaw in Cuban-American relations
The Editor, Sir: There is no doubt that there is the dawning of a new age with regard to Cuban-American relations. This gradual thawing of hostility between the two countries was definitely brought about by President Obama's bold and confident initiative ... Read More...
