LETTER OF THE DAY - Needed: a coherent plan
The Editor, Sir: So, Prime Minister Bruce Golding accompanied by the finance minister, Audley Shaw, have made their case for Jamaica's return to borrowing from the International Monetary Fund, sadly, without any coherent argument put forward by the Opposition...

Restructure, repudiate debt
The Editor, Sir: We welcome the continued call by The Gleaner, most recently in its editorial of July 21, for a 'national, non-partisan and serious dialogue on debt restructuring'. 'Debt restructuring now crucial' ...

A victim of street vagrants
The Editor, Sir: Arlene Wint Thorpe of Greater Portmore, in her letter to the editor, lamented her plight with the 'stop-light extortionists'. I, too, have been and continue to be a victim of these vagrants of the streets...

A mischievous proposal
The Editor, Sir: The problem with Jamaica's 'chattering class' is that they try to be too smart, as is the case with Dr Derick Stephenson's letter of July 25. First, I am concerned that the learned doctor is 'mumbling' to himself...

... A good idea
The Editor, Sir: In the Saturday, July 25, edition of The Gleaner, in a letter titled 'More questions for the prime minister', Dr Derick Stephenson suggested that Dr Omar Davies be asked to take over as minister without portfolio in the Ministry...

That expletive was outside of Parliament!
The Editor, Sir: Devon Dick, in his column of Thursday, July 23, called on me to apologise to Minister Dorothy Lightbourne. According to him, the "TV clip I saw did not provide any evidence to substantiate his most serious allegation...

Jamaica's spate of 'highway robberies'
The Editor, Sir: When motor vehicle insurance companies are taking our money, they don't ask many questions, but as soon as the insured vehicle is damaged or stolen, the only question left to be asked is: "How many times a week do you have sex?"...