LETTER OF THE DAY - Holness is quite right
The Editor, Sir: Please publish the attached, as an open letter to Minister of Education Andrew Holness. Dear Minister Holness,Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally, a minister who sees the whole picture and is not afraid to place the responsibility...
Rev Dick got it wrong
The Editor, Sir: In Devon Dick's article titled 'Change MPs role' carried in The Gleaner of June 11, he indicated that the by-election to take place in North East St Catherine should be considered a rerun of the original election rather than...
A bit of cracker history
The Editor, Sir: If I am not mistaken, there is a story going around that Jamaica has finally been able to produce water crackers. This baffles me because I have long been under the impression that our bakers have been making water crackers ...
Flawed Sexual Offences Bill
The Editor, Sir: Unprotected heterosexual sex is the main route to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Caribbean, with unprotected homosexual sex a critical factor. According to a 2007 report on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica...
Involvement of parents is key
The Editor, Sir: I am hearing that the performance of our GSAT pupils still leaves much to be desired in certain areas including, as usual, mathematics, English and social studies et al.
KPH: leaves much to be desired
The Editor, Sir: Let me use this media to applaud Prime Minister Bruce Golding for his gesture/vision of offering services at public hospitals free of charge to patients. However, that is as far as my applause goes...
We don't need the IMF
The Editor, Sir: Jamaica needs transformational leaders, leaders who can motivate the people to buy into its vision for a successful economy, leaders who are proactive and who can communicate with the populace.The Government's short-term goal...
Check before going
The Editor, Sir: There are some persons who are desirous of working in the Turks and Caicos islands. I am not trying to tell people not to go but there are certain things that you are not told when you are being recruited...