LETTER OF THE DAY - Commish should hold himself accountable
The Editor, Sir: Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin, at his press conference on January 13, challenged a member of the public to speak to human rights bodies to find out if numbers of extrajudicial killings by the police were increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same...

Excellent work by JPS employee
THE EDITOR, Sir: I would like to use this medium to extend kudos to Stacey Reid, a customer service representative at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). We, as customers, often voice our opinions when we are dissatisfied and sometimes forget...

Useless prayer breakfasts
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am yet to be convinced that the National Prayer Breakfast, which has been on the national calendar for 29 years, has any lasting effect on the nation.If the religious leaders are really concerned about the spiritual and moral decline...

A retrograde step
THE EDITOR, Sir: The selection of the president of the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Dr Patrick Allen, as the new governor general of Jamaica is a most retrograde step in the history of Jamaica.

Psychic vs prophet
The Editor, Sir; With reference to your report, 'Prophecy fulfilled', published January 14, journalists must recognise that there is a difference between a psychic and a seer/prophet of God and the repercussions of receiving the word of a psychic rather...

Cable TV is worse
The Editor, Sir: I shrugged when I read the recent letter to the editor that was critical of the Broadcasting Commission's inability to keep Jamaican radio free from the broadcast of lewd lyrics.The reason is that what's going on on Jamaica's radio...

Dr Allen's spiritual pickle
The Editor, Sir:It is of interest and concern that Dr Patrick Allen has agreed to become the next governor general (GG). He has been described as a devout Seventh-day Adventist Christian...

History will not absolve Tufton if ...
The Editor, Sir:How would you like to work in an industry that has a guaranteed market for its product, the price of which is steadily rising, the demand for which is also increasing as more and more of its competitors are shutting down?...

Crime against humanity
The Editor, Sir: I am writing in response to the letter, 'Israel shows restraint', by Nicholas Sutherland, which was published in your editorial section on January 15.I do not believe that Sutherland fully understands what is occurring in the Middle...