LETTER OF THE DAY - JUTC bus service: not excellent at all
The Editor, Sir: I cannot help but wonder if some aspects of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) operation is a punishment to the commuting public rather than a service. One would agree that our country has come a far way in the area of public transportation...
Obama and Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: Some people have suggested that the election of Barack Obama will not make any difference to the fortunes of the Caribbean. This is not true. The fact is that Obama has been elected on the platform of improvement to the lot of the middle and lower classes...
Baugh should not take sides
The Editor, Sir: I can understand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign trade Ken Baugh's call for a ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian-controlled area of Gaza in the Israeli/Hamas conflict....
Word to the Queen, please
The Editor, Sir:I would like to make a suggestion to the governor general-designate regarding the people and citizens of Jamaica. While some people are concerned about what he may eat or drink...
Conflict or destiny?
The Editor, Sir: The appointment of a Seventh-day Adventist to represent the Queen is raising a quite a few eyebrows, but has anyone stopped to think that may be it is time the Church got involved at the highest level? While the post may cause conflict...
Facts we should know
The Editor, Sir: Ken Jones' letter of January 19 and the article 'Jamaican an original Tuskegee Airman' of October 13 and 14, 2008, are facts that not only Jamaicans, but the American people should know as well.
More on Russwurm
The Editor, Sir: Some of your readers have contacted me regarding my letter stating that John Brown Russwurm was the second black person to graduate from an American college. Some thought he was the first.
Cut official SDA ties
The Editor, Sir:Three of our five governors general have come from the political parties. The sixth is to come from a background in the Church in the person of Pastor Patrick Allen, president of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists...
PNP needs to clean house
The Editor, Sir: Having read Claude Clarke's Public Affairs article (Sunday, January 18), I am happy to see that persons with a People's National Party (PNP) background are aware of the way independent, but politically interested people are thinking...
Illogical poppycock
The Editor, Sir: Ed McCoy's hysterical outburst about Kay Osbourne's analysis (Saturday, January 17) of what president-elect Obama's presidency means is illogical and without merit. There is nothing in the Osbourne article to suggest that Obama is the second coming of Christ...
A recipe for crime and violence
The Editor, Sir: It is my belief that the exposure of our youths to violent music and violent movies is contributing to the crime situation in our society.I have sat and watched children and I have grown to realise that many are addicted to video games...
Leave schools to academicians
The Editor, Sir: With regard to the Reverend Al Miller's call to place the entire basic and primary schools in the hands of the Church, this seems to assume the 'Church' as a uniformed entity, when to my knowledge it is not.What are the criteria that...