THE EDITOR, Sir:
I LIKE to offer my evaluation of progress after every visit I pay to my dear homeland just for what it's worth: an outside objective opinion.
So much progress it's incredible. The effort being placed on improving the roads to expressways is outstanding. The mere fact that my cell was able to roam there in JA spoke volumes of the simple advances that make life more comfortable for everyone. The different companies offering monitoring for home security make one feels much more secure inside one's home.
The countless (seemingly) cable companies should make the rates affordable to consumers. The effortless breeze through the airport. The level of education required for simple positions in the business market says a lot for the skill level available.
But, when can we get a handle on crime though? We are not talking obliteration here, we are simply talking law enforcement to respectability.
What's the problem? I felt secure at every intersection in Kingston where uniformed officers seem omnipresent; but everytime I go on-line to read there are multi-murders. Is it a literacy problem at the grassroot level, or people just do not respect the outcome of the justice system?
I have a relative in Jamaican law enforcement at senior level, and over the years I have seen him and his colleagues work tirelessly, but the crime statistics seem the most stable component of crime back home. By the way, we can do without the two-tier fees at Dunn's River?
Irrespective of how long since I left, I still consider myself Jamaican: can one be "un-Jamaican" after birth, irrespective of any other allegiance one acquires? Nah!!!
I am, etc.,
A. M. LIVINGSTON
e-mail: alivin1103@aol.com
Via Go-Jamaica
