Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Tuesday | October 27, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Blame system for school violence
The Editor, Sir: I am glad to see that the minister of education is fully on board with those of us who believe that very little can be achieved in education without the participation of parents. I do not know the extent to which parents... Read More...
Leave Les Green alone
The Editor, Sir: The Police Federation is over-reacting to ACP Les Green's statement, where he articulated his opinion that some of our policemen who have died was as a result of their shady and corrupt dealings while they were alive. Read More...
Hellshire and the drug trade
The Editor, Sir;It is rather amazing and suspicious to have political representatives - both present and past and police officers, revealing to The Gleaner that they are aware of the ganja-gun transaction that is taking place at Hellshire Beach. Read More...
Misunderstanding the role of parish councils
The Editor, Sir: I refer to Joan Williams' article on local government (The Sunday Gleaner, October 25) under the headline 'Another useless layer of government'. Her argument is that other agencies can undertake the parish councils' responsibilities... Read More...
Jamaica's gold mine in agriculture
The Editor, Sir: The prime minister, the governor general, the minister of agriculture, business icon, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart and Guyana's prime minister, among others, have expressed what most of us already know: agriculture is the brightest hope... Read More...
Never mind, dear Ian
The Editor, Sir: I must confess that after reading Ian Boyne's article "What's a columnist for?" on Sunday, my heart was filled with sympathy for him. It cannot be an easy thing to be a well-read... Read More...
Boyne's cowardice
The Editor, Sir: I am flabbergasted by columnist Ian Boyne's reference to Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck and Bill O'Reilly to back up his article on the lack of intellectual journalism in the Jamaican/Western context.Not one of the three... Read More...
Intolerance begets intolerance
The Editor, Sir: While Buju Banton (Mark Myrie) is by no means the only Jamaican artiste to sing a song that promotes violence against homosexual men, he has become the target of many gay-rights groups internationally. Read More...
Exemplary journalism
The Editor, Sir: In his article "Boyne falls short again" (October 20), Lloyd Cooke writes: "true Christianity is a religion of beliefs: of faith. It is a reasonable faith, yes, but it is not a faith built simply on reasons... Read More...
Cops not doing enough
The Editor, Sir: The recent news coming out of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) that some 300 trained crime-scene investigators will soon hit the streets should offer this country some sense of hope that the crime problem is being addressed. Read More...
