Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Tuesday | August 25, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - The present crisis in West Indies cricket
THE EDITOR, Sir: CERTAINLY, the failures of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), now and in the past, are well documented. However, it appears that the board, even with the Patterson Report in hand, has not yet awakened to the urgent necessity for meaningful reform. Read More...
Same old story
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ISSUE of teachers' salary has now become a recurring theme and issue at the annual convention of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), with each incoming president, in a display of populism while pandering to the conference's... Read More...
Move to open anti-abortion home
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE DAWN Caribbean Working Group on Women's Reproductive Health and Rights welcomes the move by the Missionaries of the Poor to establish a home which will provide alternatives for pregnant women who are considering abortion. Read More...
The Queen is, indeed, a foreigner
THE EDITOR, Sir: I agree totally with the Rev Devon Dick referring to the Queen as a foreigner.Jamaicans born in England are labelled as Jamaicans. So, why are we soliciting Jamaican citizenship for the Queen. Read More...
Forward-thinking leaders needed for growth
THE EDITOR, Sir: Forty seven years after gaining Independence it seems that we have squandered our dreams, our aspiration of where we really wanted to go. Have we achieved much? Yes, a whole lot: infrastructural improvement, improvement in health care... Read More...
'Stammering' news
THE EDITOR, Sir: THOUGH I have been greatly helped by speech therapy after arriving in the United States from Jamaica in 1989, I still consider myself a person who stammers. Read More...
A heartbreaking situation
THE EDITOR, Sir: I write in response to the letter dated July 31, titled 'Disgrace to Hellshire Beach'. I find it most important that I should respond to this letter as the mayor of the municipality of Portmore... Read More...
Judgement is here
THE EDITOR, Sir: Please allow me to comment on 'Judgement time is coming for PM' of August, 24.The 'concerned Clarendon resident' claims that, "judgement time is just a couple of years away."The fact is that judgement time is now... Read More...
The power of sports
THE EDITOR, Sir: AFTER EVERY FIFA World Cup and Summer Olympics I keep fantasising about a West Indian World Cup and Olympic team. I am sure we will do pretty well as we did on the cricket stage. It just shows you that West Indies cricket ... Read More...
