LETTER OF THE DAY - Teachers' 'performance pay' policy needs scrutiny
The Editor, Sir: I note, with interest, in The Gleaner of November 15, your response to the Jamaica College 'incentive scheme'. Your advocacy for providing teachers with emoluments based on their performance has its merits.
The case against Air Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Sir: Congratulations on your perceptive editorial on Air Jamaica in The Sunday Gleaner, November 5. I share your concern that Air Jamaica in its present structure and ownership may not be salvageable as a viable economic entity...
Modernising the work permit process
The Editor, Sir: The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has recently implemented several measures to modernise the work permit unit in order to improve the quality of our service. These steps include strengthening the capacity...
Dreams and visions
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is my belief that our leaders in government and the private sector need to be more aggressive in implementing its dreams and visions. Four years ago, I suggested that government carry out their plan to build...
A symphony orchestra for Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Sir: For 20 years, I was the piano accompanist for a local symphony orchestra that is no longer in existence. Today, there is no symphony orchestra in the island, and I think it is high time for one to be established once more.
The right to vote
THE EDITOR, Sir: Children live what they learn, and if the lessons they are taught by the present electorate are geared towards isolating themselves from the political process, which constitutes a fundamental part of our democracy...
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