Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Friday | June 12, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Holness is quite right
The Editor, Sir: Please publish the attached, as an open letter to Minister of Education Andrew Holness. Dear Minister Holness,Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally, a minister who sees the whole picture and is not afraid to place the responsibility... Read More...
Rev Dick got it wrong
The Editor, Sir: In Devon Dick's article titled 'Change MPs role' carried in The Gleaner of June 11, he indicated that the by-election to take place in North East St Catherine should be considered a rerun of the original election rather than... Read More...
A bit of cracker history
The Editor, Sir: If I am not mistaken, there is a story going around that Jamaica has finally been able to produce water crackers. This baffles me because I have long been under the impression that our bakers have been making water crackers ... Read More...
Flawed Sexual Offences Bill
The Editor, Sir: Unprotected heterosexual sex is the main route to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Caribbean, with unprotected homosexual sex a critical factor. According to a 2007 report on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica... Read More...
Involvement of parents is key
The Editor, Sir: I am hearing that the performance of our GSAT pupils still leaves much to be desired in certain areas including, as usual, mathematics, English and social studies et al. Read More...
KPH: leaves much to be desired
The Editor, Sir: Let me use this media to applaud Prime Minister Bruce Golding for his gesture/vision of offering services at public hospitals free of charge to patients. However, that is as far as my applause goes... Read More...
We don't need the IMF
The Editor, Sir: Jamaica needs transformational leaders, leaders who can motivate the people to buy into its vision for a successful economy, leaders who are proactive and who can communicate with the populace.The Government's short-term goal... Read More...
Check before going
The Editor, Sir: There are some persons who are desirous of working in the Turks and Caicos islands. I am not trying to tell people not to go but there are certain things that you are not told when you are being recruited... Read More...
