Dear Sir:

We have a problem with you blasting the murder of a Caribbean minister of government on the front pages of your paper. Although we from the Caribbean know that crime is a problem in the region, we should not be exposing this to the rest of the world. No, we should not be hanging our dirty laundry in public.

I am not saying you should hide the fact that crime is taking place in the Caribbean, nut what papers like your need to do is to publish article that will help to alleviate the problem of crime, and find realistic means of counteracting this plague on the Caribbean society. Mr. Editor, for years the mainstream newspapers has been giving the Caribbean bad press. We hope you don’t join in this. I think news like this could be published, but not given so much prominence.

Dawn Sinclair,

Parkland.

A very special wish from us to all mothers and mothers-to-be, everywhere. We want to let you know, among all the other greetings, that whether you are mommy, momma, mamma, mom, grandma or auntie, you are greatly appreciated. We could never do without you, although we couldn’t do without dad either. You have been always there to give us comfort, whether physical or spiritual. You always were able to feed, clothe and shelter us, even when the coffers were bare. So many miracles you made. You never turned your back on us. Whatever we did, wherever we went, fortunately you were there to return to – even when everyone else may have left.

You have given us great values; paved the way for us to build a better society. Many lessons you have taught us mother. You are always with us, wherever you may be. God bless you mother. MANY THANKS.

A Caribbean media

Events currently taking place in the US and the Caribbean are making it increasingly necessary for to have strong Caribbean media – broadcast media – in Florida.

Dear Sir:

You think that racism happens only in America, or racism just means differences between black and white people? If you think so, then man, you are sadly mistaken. Look just what happened in Trinidad. It shows that racism is very rampant and has bad consequences in the Caribbean. This is especially so in Guyana and Trinidad, where there are strong divisions between black people and Indian people.

That is why Panday not only got two years, but two years hard labor. That is what you must publish. No way does what he was accused of justify such a harsh sentence. But the man is an Indian. So he gets it bad. I am not saying he should have gotten away free. He did something wrong, but not two years hard labor man. He could have gotten a huge fine.

The man was a prime minister of the country. He did serve his country well. But there is this push and pull between him and the government and a black prime minister, and a message had to be sent. The thing there just not fair, man.

Everyone who drives a motor vehicle is frustrated because of rising gas prices. People are taking both the state and federal government to task for not intervening and taking measures to curb the rising prices; or do something, anything, to roll them back. It is perhaps more difficult for some of us from the Caribbean to understand this conundrum, as many are accustomed to blocking roads, and otherwise demonstrating in mass protests, thus ensuring that their government roll back high gas prices.

However, let’s be realistic. The problem of gas prices is not one which the government in Tallahassee or in Washington D.C. can solve. Yes, the government can do something to ease our “pain at the pump,” but whatever is done can only be temporary. For example, President Bush is seeking to reverse tax breaks to oil companies, and has ordered an investigation into price gouging. The Democrats in Congress want to suspend the federal sales tax on gasoline for 60 days, while taxing oil companies more. This is well and good. But, what happens after those 60 days. Neither that measure, nor reversing tax breaks to oil and energy companies is really going to reduce the price of oil on the international market.

These measures, acceptable as they may be, are not going to prevent the gas prices rising again when these measures expire. We must take sensible measures to conserve gasoline.

Dear Sir:

I read your article “Caribbean American women run things” CNWeekly News vol3.no14. After reading this article, I was a little concerned, confused and worried that so many of these articles seem to focus on what can be perceived to be negatively affect black men in general.

Why are we so eager, oftentimes unintentionally, to jump on the “black men bashing” bandwagon? The American political and justice system is already filled with purposefully orchestrated strategies designed to achieve the goal of denigrating the black man, why add to it?