LETTER OF THE DAY - Five per cent projection is defeatist
The Editor, Sir: Imagine that the Government of the country has employed the best that money can buy to help solve these horrendous crimes. In fact, based on the salaries of these individuals, comparatively among the highest among public servants...

Petrojam's data challenged
The Editor, Sir: I read Petrojam's Denise Hewitt's response to my previous letter of last December 24, and I am challenging the main item of her response. She alluded to the fact that our progressive decline ...

Israel has shown restraint
The Editor, Sir: Anyone who devotes only a cursory glance at the news, both print and television, would be forgiven for thinking that, out of malice, Israel has decided to destroy the Palestinian people.

A continuing threat to Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: The guns-for-drugs trade involving the exchange of the Jamaican ganja for illegal guns originating primarily from Haiti continues to be a major threat to our national security.

How will new GG serve?
The Editor, Sir: I totally disagree with this choice of a new Governor General. As a true Seventh-day Adventist, is the Pastor Patrick Allen going to give up his religion to conform with requirements of the post of governor-general?

FINSAC lessons recalled
The Editor, Sir: The recent sub-prime mortgage debacle and ensuing bailout by the taxpayers of the United States is eerily similar to Jamaica's taxpayers' bailout of our banking and insurance sector approximately ten years ago...