Letters

THE EDITOR, Sir:Thanks to Mark Ricketts for his column 'The professor should apologise to the police' (Sunday Gleaner, February 4, 2018). As a police officer, I am happy to see that some people see the sacrifice we make every day, whether on or off...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am completely taken aback by the outcry from different quarters on the acting appointment of our chief justice.Justice Bryan Sykes has been named to act in the position. He is unquestionably a learned and erudite jurist. The...

THE EDITOR, Sir:For too long the capacity of the roads leading into Barbican Square have been insufficient for the number of vehicles they carry, leading to the back-up of trafficthroughout the Corporate Area. Finally, a much-needed expansion is...

THE EDITOR, SirI totally agree with the 10 points that Mark Shields put forward in his Public Affairs column in The Sunday Gleaner of February 4, 2018. It is full time the Jamaica Constabulary Force operate like a business entity and not an old boys...

THE EDITOR, Sir:Prime Minister Andrew Holness must come to the understanding that being "from a different age with a different way of thinking" does not, by itself, constitute a solid platform on which to stand in explaining his recommendation for...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am very troubled by Andrew Holness' appointment of Bryan Sykes as acting chief justice. I am not concerned about the temporary nature of the appointment, but more so the PM's justification for such an appointment. In announcing the...

THE EDITOR, Sir:UNICEF Jamaica is deeply disturbed by the manner in which THE STAR chose to report on a video that has been circulating in which a young child is being sexually abused by a man.The headline, 'Child gives man blow job on video', was...

THE EDITOR, Sir:It was with a sense of shock and grief that the members of the National Council on Reparation (Jamaica), especially those who were with her on the National Commission on Reparation (2012-2016), received news of the transition of our...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I was shocked and dumbstruck when I came across the much-talked-about video which everyone has been buzzing about on social media. It was traumatising. I could not watch it and I regret having seen it in the first place.Even though...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I write apropos of The Gleaner's editorial of January 31, 2018, titled 'Going too far on Anderson travel ban'. The Gleaner notes that while it abhors Steven Anderson's anti-gay and anti-woman views, he, nonetheless, and consonant...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I learnt that seven persons were shot (four fatally) in the community of August Town last Friday. What is frightening is that we, the media, reported that this heinous act was committed nearby the main entrance to the University of...

THE EDITOR, Sir:As an active Christian and youth leader, I am greatly disturbed by the news of the Government's directive of barring of the Arizona pastor from visiting the island to preach the gospel.My main concern is the global trend of...