LETTER OF THE DAY - Hypocrisy and distractions
The Editor, Sir: I have resisted commenting on the whole Gaza-Gully issue, but after reading The Gleaner on Saturday and seeing an open letter from Howard Hamilton, QC, I really saw red. I was reminded that some years ago, around the spring of 1988...

Musical tsunami long in coming
The Editor, Sir: The Kartel-Mavado Gaza-Gully splash is the cresting of a musical tsunami that started decades ago during the ska era. Successive governments were once happy with the amount of 'positive' growth and energy ...

Make UTech the university of Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: With an increasing emphasis on tertiary education and a rising number of related institutions on the landscape, I think that the time has come to take a closer look at the University of Technology (UTech). First of all, let me make it...

Troubling column from Rapley
The Editor, Sir: The column that you published on November 11 by John Rapley, 'Populism in Venezuela', is most troubling. This is not the first time that he has misrepresented, grossly, the Venezuelan reality. Some years ago, just after...