Letters
THE EDITOR, Madam: World Parkinson Day was observed on April 11 under the theme ‘Living Well with Parkinson’s’. The day is designated to raise awareness and advance research towards better therapies and a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The...
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THE EDITOR, Madam: In the hopes of educating and inspiring a student preparing for the upcoming PEP examinations, and who is required to know about the national heroes, especially the Rt Hon Marcus Garvey, Rt Hon Alexander Bustamante and Rt Hon...
Mounting housing hurdles for young professionals “Do we all need to ‘own’ our own homes? Is this a feasible model? In much of Europe, people are content to be live-long renters. One appreciates building generational wealth and all the equity in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Roughly one quarter of the world’s population, or about two billion people, practise the Muslim faith. April 10 ended the holy month of Ramadan when devotees fast from dawn until dusk, as well as participate in prayers,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This academic year, schools have struggled with the vexed issue of teacher migration, with some schools having teaching positions that have remained vacant from September 2023. My school lost one-fifth of its teachers to...
THE EDITOR Madam: The lawmakers found themselves addressing an amendment to the Appropriations Act 2024 due to an inadvertent inclusion of statutory expenditures. This error, which came to light less than two weeks after the Budget’s passage,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: On March 21, the prime Minister announced in his Budget speech that the Government of Jamaica, under the Forest Act, plans to designate 23 parcels of crown lands as forest reserves or forest management areas for the fiscal year...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is an open letter to the minister of transport , JUTC managing director, and the chairman of the Transport Authority on behalf of the travelling public of the soon-to-be parish of Portmore. The current transportation...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica became an independent nation in 1962. Since that time, or probably before, its two dams were built. None has been built since, even with the Jamaican population now close to three million persons. Each parish should...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Carnival reportedly pumps close to $5 billion into the Jamaican economy each year. People travel from afar to Jamaica for carnival and visitors spend big bucks! It is a big investment, and the event is now one of the major...
