Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Friday | November 6, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Children live what they learn
The Editor, Sir: Many persons are alarmed by the breakdown of discipline among children in the society because they fail to see the linkage between family, school and society which altogether are responsible for their behaviour formation... Read More...
An assault on religious freedoms
The Editor, Sir: The article, published in The Gleaner of November 5, titled, 'Time to fight religious dogmas', written by Alfred Buckland, seems to me to be more of an assault on the religious freedom of the Jamaican people than it is a call to arms for... Read More...
Was this value for money?
The Editor, Sir:The decision to terminate the services of the former governor of the Bank Of Jamaica, Derick Latibeaudiere, as stated by Prime Minister Golding in Parliament, was taken because his contractual arrangements were "unacceptable"... Read More...
Holness hits wrong spot
The Editor, Sir: Education Minister Andrew Holness' comments recently about prosecuting parents of offending students is a matter of aiming in the right direction, but hitting the wrong spot.We can all agree that the rate of violent attacks on our... Read More...
Focused direction needed
The Editor, Sir: Leaders and their team must be pulling in the same direction; the alternative scenario is a recipe for disaster and a total waste of resources. Despite the many sentiments attached to a termination... Read More...
After Armadale, what next?
The Editor, Sir: I write to express my dismay at the apparent unravelling of the social welfare system which was intended to protect and restore the broken relationships of the families from which the girls at Armadale were recruited. Read More...
Revisiting Cargill on Latibeaudiere
The Editor, Sir: What is all this fuss about business between the former governor of the Bank of Jamaica and the former government's minister of finance? We've seen it all before and it has taken all these years to put a stop to the costly madness.... Read More...
An apology from Gordon Robinson
The Editor, Sir: In my last piece on Easton Douglas, I did say that I was unsure of the details of the 'Hillcrest Restaurant Affair' after all these years and I did get it badly wrong.The owner of the restaurant was 'Carrot' Jarrett, whose ex-wife it was... Read More...
