THE EDITOR, Sir:
IT IS quite interesting to read The Gleaner online, more or less on a weekly basis, and see what is happening in Jamaica land we love.
I am a Jamaican citizen living in South America. Upon reading an excerpt from Mr. Franklyn's address, 'verandah style', at the Canadian diaspora meeting, I smiled and thought that wow, Jamaica is really doing well.
Why? Because we are being encouraged to leave the country in order for remittances to be sent back to Jamaica.
Why isn't the issue of migration being dealt with, that is, why aren't jobs being provided for recent university graduates and college/tertiary-level graduates like me?
I spent seven months upon completion of my course looking for a job, and my search was to no avail, and I am sure I am not alone. Others have spent more than seven months.
REMITTANCES
Year after year the same thing happens: Jamaica's taxpayers' money help to send us to school and then we leave and make someone else's country better; all we do is send remittances.
We want to do more than that; we want to stay in Jamaica and build Jamaica.
Jamaica, let's think about it. What percentage of our tertiary level graduates stay in Jamaica?
Are we just satisfied about staying abroad and sending remittances? I am certainly not!
I am, etc.,
S.J.
marjsher@yahoo.com
Medellin, Colombia
Via Go-Jamaica
