LETTER OF THE DAY - Wanted: more voting rights
The Editor, Sir: What exactly is stopping us from adopting a new constitution that would allow us the ability to have more voting rights? I would say it is the will of the politicians to do the right thing.

Proposals to aid road safety
The Editor, Sir: I am very concerned about the spate of preventable accidents and carnage which occur on our roads daily, due mainly to a bunch of careless, dangerous and self-centred 'drivers' on our roads, who seem to believe they have a licence to...

Thumbs up, thumbs down on health system
The Editor, Sir: The Jamaican health system has been lauded internationally for its quick action in identifying, quarantining and treating the two recently arrived individuals to the island with the HINI 'swine flu' virus, as it did in the bird flu...

Atrocious views from doctor
The Editor, Sir: I must say I am a bit disturbed by an article published in your June 4 edition concerning the views of Dr Kevin Harvey.

In support of public parks
The Editor, Sir: I write in support of a previous letter written to you by Stewart Spencer advocating the use of an abandoned piece of property in Cross Roads to be used as a park.

Stop this 'war' language
The Editor, Sir: This metaphor, 'war on crime', is becoming dangerous. It may serve as a useful rhetorical flourish to highlight the grave national threat of crime, but many of us now behave and speak as if it were a real war.

Responsibilities of parents when minors travel
The Editor, Sir: In a letter to the editor published in the issue of May 4, titled 'Immigration query re children', Ruth Jankee shared with your readers her experience in July 2008 when American Airline representatives refused to allow her...

Bad Influence
I find it deplorable that with many of our children already demonstrating tendencies to immorality, that flyers are being distributed in schools by persons inviting our nation's children to after-school jam sessions declaring: 'Uniforms Allowed...