THE EDITOR, Sir: IT WAS particularly gratifying to watch the Cliff Hughes programme on TV Sunday night. He spoke to some of the successful GSAT students from Naggo Head Primary School. This lifted my spirits from the depression I was feeling after observing some 18-year-olds decked out in expensive tuxedos and gowns, graduating from schools …
Two years ago, I was watching Champs at home. I had grown frustrated with the mystery of the disappearing and reappearing grandstand tickets and decided watch from another venue in future. One of the most exciting attractions was a male athlete who had, in the recent past, distinguished himself in an international event. As I …
In a June 6 letter in The Gleaner, a writer recommended that the age of consent be lowered to 14. This is great news. Great for the mothers who are busy pimping out their daughters even before that age. Great for the predators who are forced to find expensive and creative ways to conceal their …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Tuesday night’s television news carried yet another report of a building destroyed by fire. The fire unit dispatched to deal with that blaze was one of the department’s newest, yet it could not complete the journey. Each time a building is destroyed, or a life lost by fire, the brigade is harshly …
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THE EDITOR, Sir: Last Saturday, the crowd at the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) erupted into loud booing whenever the name of US sprinter Ryan Bailey was called. Last week, Bailey anchored a US 4×100 relay team to a resounding victory over Jamaica. On the same final leg as Bailey was Usain Bolt, who not only …
THE EDITOR, Sir: The first item of news on Monday evening concerned a man who spent 25 years in prison for allegedly having a spliff in his possession. Reports are that this man, who was said to be showing signs of mental illness, was seen with the butt of a spliff and was arrested. If …
Our children’s advocate has proposed that we institute parenting classes for young mothers. I think this is an excellent idea. Concern for our youth has dominated the news recently. This has been so primarily because we are seeing 14-year-old pregnant schoolgirls being murdered ostensibly by sex partners. There have been numerous calls for ‘older men’ …
THE EDITOR, Sir: On Thursday, at the end of the day’s activities, the commissioner in charge of the Tivoli enquiry admitted to being confused about one aspect of the testimony. This was the area of his concern: If, as is claimed, 300 gunmen came into Tivoli to assist Dudus in fighting the security forces, and …
The government, and the minister of national security in particular, are understandably pleased that there has been a significant reduction in the number of murders reported for 2014. The reduction is said to be about 16 per cent. Some time ago, an exasperated National Security Minister Peter Bunting declared that divine intervention was needed to …
THE EDITOR, Sir: The thawing of relations between Washington and Havana is good for Americans and also for Cubans. But I have one concern – and it’s a selfish one. The distance between Cuba and the Florida Cays is 90 miles. The distance between Jamaica and Florida is 1013.9 miles. There are 838,000 Cubans in …
