THE EDITOR, Sir:

I'D LIKE to take this oppor-tunity to thank the Gleaner Company for the wonderful work they have done in hosting Power 106 on their site. The radio station deserves a corporate award for the sterling and yeoman work that its staffers performed during and after Ivan.

We expatriates in Canada and across the far-flung corners of the globe (one Jamaican living in Tokyo called in to the extended 'Nationwide' programme during the height of the storm on Friday) formed a virtual community of shared hopes, fears and best wishes as we vicariously lived through the horror of the hurricane. For an extended period, we all touched base with our motherland, our rock and our yard and perhaps ­ if I may abuse poetic licence ­ encouraged the wobble that saved Jamaica.

I also wish to mention Digicel and Cable and Wireless which among other Jamaican companies spectacularly proved that we Jamaicans can create an infrastructure that is easily the equal of any developed country.

I am etc

KRISHNA MARSDEN

REYNOLDS

iahbingi_AT_hotmail.com

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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