LETTER OF THE DAY - An appeal to Jamaica's bankers
The Editor, Sir: Members of the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) need to play a more active role in the transformation of the Jamaican economy from its state of begging and borrowing to a productive mode. The Government is elected to provide the leadership...

Why Richards has it wrong
The Editor, Sir: As Shirley Richards would have it, religious rights and freedoms are under threat from the pro-abortion and pro-homosexuality agenda.

... Defending Richards
The Editor, Sir: In your Tuesday, December 15 edition, Brian-Paul N. Welsh made an essentially ad hominem response to Shirley Richards' commentary 'Religious freedom under threat' in the issue of Sunday...

Recovery through taxation?
The Editor, Sir: It seems increased taxation is a paradigm for the recovery of the Jamaican economy, the Golding administration would have us believe.

Running out of tax fingers
The Editor, Sir: The Bruce Golding administration has given notice of its intention to implement further tax measures early in the new year.

Fact finding or witch-hunting?
The Editor, Sir: There is clearly an effort to put Dr Omar Davies under the microscope and examine in detail all his decisions and actions as minister of finance.

Spurious extradition argument
The Editor, Sir: It is high time that Jamaicans begin to debate fully the dark period in our island's history that has contributed to the current dilemma concerning the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.