Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Tuesday | August 4, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Dual-citizenship farce continues
The Editor, Sir: A third by-election may now be called after Supreme Court judge Justice Lloyd Hibbert hands down his ruling on the dual-citizenship controversy involving the NW Clarendon parliamentary seat. Is there a better way to mash up the country ... Read More...
No respect for cricket fans
The Editor, Sir: As one reflects on this tumultuous time in West Indies cricket, it is clear that the fans have been forgotten. While the West Indies Cricket Board was asking for an apology, nobody was asking for one for the fans... Read More...
On language and learning
The Editor, Sir: I read with much interest Barbara Blake-Hanna's article titled 'The value of home schooling', in The Gleaner of July 28. Like her, I am impressed by what she describes as "the noble and unceasing efforts of Education ... Read More...
No reparations in my name
The Editor, Sir: I have read the article on "Britain to track slave trade money" published on August 2. I don't mind the collaboration between Britain and the University of the West Indies... Read More...
PM's lame force majeure excuse
The Editor, Sir: Prime Minister Golding recently used 'force majeure' to explain that there was nothing he could have done to prevent our crime, unemployment, housing and particularly our economic crises. Read More...
The importance of music education
The Editor, Sir: Please publish this as an open letter to Education Minister Andrew Holness.Dear Sir: It is with a sense of relief that I greet the promise of your ministry to focus on early childhood and primary education. Read More...
What would you expect of EU?
The Editor, Sir: If the European Union is pressuring its own partner countries to legalise abortion, why would it refrain from doing the same with Jamaica? Read More...
Taking dress code too far
The Editor, Sir: On a hot summer day I turned up at the St Catherine Parish Library to meet with members of a research team to discuss a project they were working on. I was dressed in a shoulderless dress ... Read More...
