Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Wednesday | June 17, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Do away with the speed-trap nonsense
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN ARE we going to stop this absolute nonsense of 'speed traps' in so-called '50km zones' without any or any adequate signs or warnings of the change from 80km to 50km? The North Coast Highway is replete with them. For example, in Runaway Bay, Salem, Drax Hall... Read More...
Dissecting the GSAT
The Editor, Sir: I was born in the late 1960s and, of course, had the Common Entrance Examination experience. I am a now a mother of two daughters, the eldest in grade four and the other in grade one. I have listened to the GSAT conversations over the many... Read More...
Realtors killing business
The Editor, Sir: I MUST say I totally agree with the writer who spoke about doing business with Jamaica. I have tried to do business from the United States and I experience the same thing the gentleman is talking about - the runaround. Read More...
Lease the stadium to UTech
The Editor, Sir: The case for leasing the Trelawny multi-purpose facility to the University of Technology (UTech) is a very easy one to make, especially when it is examined within the context of the urgent need to add to the stock of our educational... Read More...
Blood donation at Bethel
The Editor, Sir: The Bethel Baptist Church in Half-Way Tree is known for initiating programmes that have made it the envy of many churches. It did it again on Sunday, June 14, by observing World Blood Donors Day with a blood collection ... Read More...
Thank you, Meadowbrook student
The Editor, Sir: On Monday, June 15, I visited Thelmar's Pharmacy located in the Grace Shopping Centre (corner of Molynes Road and Seaward Drive) to make some purchases. Shortly after leaving the pharmacy, I realised that I did not have my cellphone. Read More...
Please help Salmon Point
The Editor, Sir: I have being living in the district of Salmon Point in Westmoreland for many years. There is nothing there as a developed business to employ young people. Read More...
I feel cheated
The Editor, Sir: Since January of this year, I have been making telephone calls to the National Housing Trust seeking to purchase a house or serviced lot in the Morris Meadows Scheme, St Catherine. Read More...
Help Grants Crescent, please!
The Editor, Sir: You will recall my letter to The Gleaner on 'The Perils of Grants Crescent', which was published on February 6. It was about the deterioration of Grants Crescent, which is an adjoining road leading off Hagley Park Road... Read More...
Saluting great high schools
THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST begin by congratulating all our students who were successful in the recent GSAT examinations. Well done! However, to those who weren't successful in going to your school of choice, you may have failed, but you are in no way ... Read More...
