Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Sunday | October 4, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Bolt: a legacy to be preserved
The Editor, Sir: Like everyone, I watched excitedly Jamaica's performance in Berlin, but I was in awe during Usain Bolt's races.Now, after the thousands of encomiums, how as a nation do we record this legendary performance? Usain would simply say that while he was recording his personal best, it all began in his rural community in Trelawny. Read More...
Need for rural school bus system
The Editor, Sir; Please allow me some space in your paper to express my disappointment in the way some workers of the Transport Authority operate, even though I am sure they would claim they are only doing their job in a lawful manner. Read More...
How could Jamaica have missed ICC 2010 boat?
The Editor, Sir; As the West Indies bows out most unceremoniously from the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy tournament in South Africa, I wish to remind Jamaicans that our region will once again host an international cricket tournament next year, the ICC 2010 World Twenty20, set to launch in Barbados on October 31. Read More...
New reformation needed in religions
The Editor, Sir: In what was otherwise an excellent article, in The Gleaner on Friday, October 2, Peter Espeut writes: "The atheists conclude that since the Bible contradicts itself, it proves that God does not exist ... ." The word 'atheism' means literally 'without theism'... Read More...
