Will the AAJ get to work immediately!
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON AUGUST 30, 2001, I checked through the Norman Manley International Airport after disembarking a BWIA flight at around 11:30 a.m. On entering the Immigration Hall, myself and many passengers were greeted by intense heat. It was...

J'can teachers, a national treasure
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS privileged to attend the 37th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Teachers' Association last month, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, and to address the teachers at the beginning of their meeting. I have worked in education for more than 20...

Teachers are in for a rude awakening
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been reading with interest the various comments and finger-pointing about the teachers migrating to New York. My thought is how does everything comes so political, and people speculate about things they are unaware of.

On reparations
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ with alarm the news report on Jamaica's official support of the call for reparation for slavery. As a Jamaican, I have been watching this debate ensue in the US since it began. I must say that I have always felt that this...

In praise of de Oliveira
The EDITOR, Sir: IN A stunning announcement after the 0-1 loss to Honduras, Capt Horace Burrell, President of the Jamaica Football Federation, announced that Coach Clovis de Oliveira had been fired.

Apology needed
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE GRANT me space in your publication to comment on a letter titled 'Ganja makes you stupid, careless, lazy' written by L Duperrouzel, published August 20.

Columnist needs to learn more about ganja
THE EDITOR, Sir: I THINK before Desmond Henry writes anything more on marijuana, perhaps he should learn a bit more about marijuana. He could read, for instance, Ganja in Jamaica ­ A Medical Anthropo-logical Study of Chronic Marijuana Use by...

Paying the price for homophobia
THE EDITOR, Sir: THANK YOU for being the only open mind on the matter of homosexuality. It is high time that this topic be discussed here as we as a country are feeling the effects of Jamaica's homophobia.

Revitalising Downtown Kingston
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE on two fronts, the first to do with the call for the Opposition Leader to represent all of his constituents in his constituency, who do not wish to be associated with the JLP, and second, in support of Mr. Ralston Nembhard's...

Male infertility and population control
THE EDITOR, Sir, I WRITE in response to a letter which appeared in The Gleaner on Wednesday September 5, 2001, captioned 'Concerned about male infertility'. The writer seemed to be in shock over how lightly the media has handled the revelation by...