LETTER OF THE DAY - Wage demands show lack of understanding
The Editor, Sir: I follow closely the incidents at home daily via The Gleaner's website and have come to realise that Jamaicans still haven't fully grasped the impact of the worldwide recession. I see unions and employees clamouring for retroactive payments ...

Be careful re proposed civilian force
The Editor, Sir: A reserve civilian force as suggested by the minister of national security must not be separate from the regular force. This was how the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) was started.

Right move by Bahamian PM
The Editor, Sir: As a well-travelled individual who has visited North America, Europe and the Caribbean and have seen the bad and suspicious treatment of many Jamaican travellers, I would like to applaud Hubert Ingraham, the prime minister of Caricom...

Cut dependency mentality
The Editor, Sir: I had hoped that, by now, natural disasters - hurricanes, floods and earthquakes - and world recessions would have taught Jamaicans individually and nationally to be independent.Alas, today we still have not shaken off what seems...

Wage pacts have been hijacked
The Editor, Sir: As a public sector employee, I have been quietly watching the unfolding events surrounding the public sector wage freeze. Reference is made to the main headline in The Sunday Gleaner...