LETTER OF THE DAY - How to dent guns-for-drugs trade
The Editor, Sir: Prime Minister Bruce Golding has hinted that he will be going to Haiti to have discussions at the diplomatic level, re the guns-for-drugs trade. How will this visit to Haiti stop the trade? Our Government and security forces continue to feed us ...

Ellington's 'rationalisation'
The Editor, Sir: I write to congratulate Owen Ellington on his temporary and, apparently, soon permanent appointment as police commissioner.One notable fact is that at age 47 he has the youthful energy and stamina to lead from the front, providing the...

Noise Nightmare
The Editor, Sir: Having been awakened yet once again, at 2:45 a.m. by a live deejay on Thursday, November 12, it occurs to me that the noise pollution laws are in desperate need of enforcement in Ocho Rios.

Argriculture very important
The Editor, Sir: After reading Claude Clarke's column in The Sunday Gleaner, your editorial of November 11 was very much needed. The role that agriculture plays in an economy is not appreciated by many.

What difference can Ellington make?
THE EDITOR, Sir: As The Police Service Commission (PSC) prepares for the difficult task of appointing another commissioner of police it needs to be aware of two important truths. First, the country cannot afford another...

Reneto, an outsider too
The Editor, Sir: Reneto Adams' recent pronouncement that he would be applying for the position of commissioner of police is noteworthy. This denotes that although he has retired from the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the nation's security...

Studies on E10-incompatible vehicles
The Editor, Sir: The Jamaican vehicle fleet very much reflects the Japanese domestic fleet of three to 10 years ago. And it wasn't until June 2003 that the Japanese government permitted an ethanol mix in its domestic fuel....