LETTER OF THE DAY - Cuba and its people
The Editor, Sir:The Jamaican Government must be complimented on its principled stand with regard to its position on the American trade embargo with Cuba.

October is Heritage Month
The Editor, Sir:In response to a letter penned by Dr Michael Barnett of the University of the West Indies titled, 'October should be National Heritage Month', please note, October has for some time been designated Heritage Month.Perhaps the public...

Practical-nurse certificate scam
The Editor, Sir:The daughter of a friend of mine having completed high school with not a single pass at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) level, decided she would pursue a career as a practical nurse.

'Ja House', not so live
The Editor, Sir:I am beginning to think that the prime minister's 'Jamaica House Live' call-in programme is a joke.The country is drowning in the shed blood of its slaughtered citizens; we are almost bankrupt; and we can't fix our roads or feed our...

Athletes should not be taxed
The Editor, Sir:Jamaica should grant tax-free status to all athletes living in Jamaica, whether Jamaicans or otherwise.Athletes typically work for a short percentage of their lives.

Despicable call
The Editor, Sir:I have listened over the years as Corporal Raymond Wilson champions the cause of the police force, as it is his right and duty as chairman of the federation.

Moral training needed
The Editor, Sir:While I do agree parents are responsible for the behaviour of their children, let us remember that a lot of these parents are children themselves.

Keeping Jamaicans ignorant
The Editor, Sir:It boggles the mind to think that despite being blessed with an abundance of natural and human resources, the majority of Jamaicans continue to suffer from the ill effects of a weak economy and poverty.

Sex, schoolers and a squalid bus system
The Editor, Sir:We seem well and truly on the way to societal breakdown when, we, in addition to our other problems, factor the inappropriate and widespread expression of sex among young schoolers.

No special rights for gays
The Editor, Sir; I see where an editorial in this newspaper has chastised both the prime minister and leader of the Opposition for not pushing to have special protection rights for violence against homosexuals inserted in the Charter of Rights Bill now...

JUTC causing unbearable hardship
THE EDITOR, Sir: This is an open letter to the prime minister.The keen observer of history knows prolonged discontent is one of the major causes of civil disturbances.