Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | February 16, 2009
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Change central bank policy, leadership
The Editor, Sir: While listening to Gordon Brown at a press conference sometime last week, he surprised and educated most of the audience with a single line. Prime Minister Brown was asked if the British economy was finished because of the massive slippage ...

Focus on gun lyrics now
The Editor, Sir: I want to congratulate the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) on their move to band daggerin' lyrics from getting air play. But I want the BCJ to go further by banning all songs that promote violence, especially those with excessive gun...

Revisit tax-cut proposals
The Editor, Sir: I am neither an economist, business guru nor even a person who did business subjects at school. But since the news of this global economic meltdown surfaced I have been trying to wrap my thoughts...

Appalling fixation on gays
The Editor, Sir: It's appalling to see a minister of government and attorney-at-law so fixated on homosexuals, and so certain, that he makes not only ludicrous, but unintelligent accusations at the Jamaica Constabulary Force and gay people.

A teen's take on daggerin'
The Editor, Sir: Please publish this letter so that readers may actually hear the opinion of a teenager on the matter of the banning of daggerin' and other sexually-explicit songs from the airwaves. Why not substitute the words of these 'explicit' songs...


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