LETTER OF THE DAY - An appeal to the private sector
The Editor, Sir: I am truly distressed as I note with alarm the continuing deterioration of our society as it declines into one seemingly bereft of civility. This trend is particularly noticeable in our youth from both the privileged and so-called depressed sectors ...
Whose interest is being served?
The Editor, Sir: When I consider some of the results of the decisions our political leaders have taken on our behalf, I wonder if they sought God's guidance or did any consultation. Proverbs 11: 14 says: "In the multitude of counsellors...
Tear down Jamaica's 'Berlin' walls!
The Editor, Sir: Celebrations across Europe and the USA on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, caused me to wonder if or when our wall(s) would be breached. In the 47th year of Jamaica's Independence...
PM must change course
The Editor, Sir: Throughout the years and across spheres, great men and women have erred in their judgement. We accept that to err is human. However, when injudicious decisions are taken and time has proven that these decisions ...
What now for our students?
The Editor, Sir: Recently, we have been hearing that "Jamaica mash up"; "Jamaica is unfixable"; "the education system is in crisis" and so on, and so on. How should our students view this?
Debates have their place but ...
The Editor, Sir: Ian Boyne is so obsessed with his own 'rightness' on every issue that he has an opinion that on the latest one (the need for the People's National Party (PNP) to debate Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding), he has challenged and taken...
Debating Bruce's crises
The Editor, Sir: It is heartening that this article - 'Bruce's crises - Why the PNP should debate Golding', by a fairly articulate gentleman, Ian Boyne, was published on Sunday.How is it possible that, like Rip Van Winkle, The Gleaner and its cartoonist...
A warped sense of duty
The Editor, Sir:As I read the article in The Sunday Gleaner of November 22 about 'Sacred Secrets', where Monsignor Father Kenneth Richards explained the "code of silence" practised by the Roman Catholic Church, I cringed with disbelief....
Introduce conflict resolution to the schools
The Editor, Sir: The crime problem is a massive one for Jamaica and I know that we all have several suggestions to change this ill in our nation. We talk about creating more jobs...