Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Wednesday | August 26, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Take charge of the police force, Mr Commissioner
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE GLEANER has reported that some 27 persons were shot in the month of July by policemen, and my gut feelings tell me it is more.In any event, I watch and listen each night where without fail the story of the police and the story ... Read More...
Measuring educational achievement
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE to agree with your opinion in the editorial of Monday, August 24, that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results do represent, perhaps, the most meaningful yardstick available to measure achievement in education. Read More...
Why Jamaicans run so fast
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE in response to the video, 'Why Jamaicans run so fast?' which is promoting the arts of Jamaica. We are the most expressive people on this planet. We are connected to our inmost being by which our creativity, industriousness... Read More...
Time to be patriotic
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to applaud The Gleaner for recognising Brian Lynch's letter as 'Letter of the Day', and more so Lynch for writing it. Read More...
Adorn German wall with Jamaican images
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE ALLOW me to make a proposal to Usain Bolt and the Jamaican people at large. The gift of a portion of the Berlin wall is a meaningful gesture from the city of Berlin and the Germans in general. Read More...
Excellence and literacy for Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Sir: CONGRATULATIONS to our athletes and their supporters for the greatest show of athletic excellence the world has ever seen. Our fine Jamaican traditions and spirit were also on show... Read More...
Congrats, Carolyn!
THE EDITOR, Sir: I would like to congratulate Carolyn Yapp who represented Jamaica so well in The Bahamas during the Miss Universe contest. Although she did not win or place highly, she was a true stateswoman from the start... Read More...
Lessons from World Champs
THE EDITOR, Sir: I happened to be in the Half-Way Tree area at the close of the World Championships and found the comments of the ordinary folk very interesting. One woman condensed the feeling of the group she was in this way... Read More...
