Diaspora police unitCanada is home to many experienced police officers who have spent most of their careers investigating homicides, robberies, sexual assaults, fraud, etc. Many of these officers will be retiring over the next 15 years and beyond. As many of these officers are from Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean, they would like to return home one day and improve upon the lives of their brothers and sisters.
If we are thinking outside of the box, I would like to recommend a special bureau of investigators to deal with the individuals who plague Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. This bureau should have their own tactical unit, mobile and intelligence teams.
This bureau could be comprised of approximately 100 officers from Canada, the United States, and England. I suspect it would not be difficult to find officers to volunteer and for the aforementioned countries to fund it as they too would benefit from such an initiative.
- Your Jamaican Brother,
agamemnot@bell.net,
Via Go-Jamaica
Tardy Air JamaicaAs a very proud Jamaican and one who takes pride flying with the national airline, I always say wherever I go, if Air Jamaica goes there, I travel with Air Jamaica. However, Air Jamaica had it coming as one contributing factor to its decline is "tardiness".
I have listened to many Jamaicans and others who vow that they would never travel on Air Jamaica because it is "never on time". Even people who I know are short of cash, some living off the dole, say they would rather sacrifice and pay the higher charges on BA rather than wait on the ever late departure of Air Jamaica.
Let us hope that it is not too late for them to improve the services they offer on their other destinations.
- Vienel Weir,
veeweir@yahoo.co.uk,
London,
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Adapt to fitA lot of people think that overpopulation creates crime, but it's the other way around. Countries with large populations are showing more GDP growth, mainly because investors go where they can get peopleto work in their factories, or commerce. Also the government collects more taxes, and can provide for the nation instead of borrowing.
The problem Jamaica has is not unwanted children because today's child is the man and woman of tomorrow. More than 50 per cent of everything in North America, and Europe from cars, houses, and technology, can be found in Jamaica today. All we need to do is to adapt the policy, and downsize it to suit Jamaica, and we'll have a little North America, and Europe.
- Donald Hayles, nhayles2rogers.com,
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