LETTER OF THE DAY - Death penalty politics and the conscience vote
The Editor, Sir: With the rising levels of crime, there are new calls for the death penalty. Last year, then Attorney General, A. J. Nicholson, was accused and criticised by then Shadow Minister on National Security Derrick Smith as being a coward...

What the people want is the key
The Editor, Sir: I am confused and astounded that the 60 members of Parliament are now engaged in a 'conscience' debate as to whether hanging should be resumed or not. Poll after poll have provided overwhelming confirmation ...

What if the wrong person is hanged?
THE EDITOR, Sir:There has been and continues to be, this debate about whether hanging persons convicted of murder will eventually decrease our murder rate every time crime gets on our nerves.

When satan found a loophole
The Editor, Sir: My name is Tasania Gray, I am currently in grade 6 and I am 11-years-old. As we all notice, children are among the many persons being abused and killed all over Jamaica. This is not how Jamaica used to be...

Perils of parking crackdown
The Editor, Sir:I would like to share an experience which my family and I, as well as many other unfortunate persons, had on November 11, at about 7:45 p.m. in the New Kingston area...

Don't blame the church
The Editor, Sir: This is in response to Rev Devon Dick's column re 'closing churches for six months'. Yes, Brother Dick, you have well spoken but, what I cannot understand is, why society, in confusion, has failed to put the blame ...

Switching colours and all that jazz
The Editor, Sir:Black or white, brown or coloured, African-American, Caucasian or whatever, good grief, if we all aren't sick enough of all this 'racial garbage and hypocrisy' by now, I predict we soon will be, especially now that Barack Obama is going...

Alarming abductions
The Editor, Sir:I am alarmed at the recent abductions occurring in our country.Where on earth has this demon appeared from? The nation needs to return to God.