LETTER OF THE DAY - The classroom, now a living hell
The Editor, Sir: Teaching has become a high-risk job.Teachers have become the endangered species. The premium that once was placed on education and the educator is now in the dim and distant past. School administrators are becoming less and less capable of dealing with deviant...
Travel opportunities
The Editor, Sir: I am writing re the Friday December 7 article 'Private commercial airline hunts Jamaican licence ...' This may be a very good thing for the country without interfering with the national airline's established markets and gateways.
Fight force with force
The Editor, Sir: The crime situation is getting out of hand. It is a time for a combined security force team to take control of the streets and bring back some sort of civility to the country. We need to curtail this crime epidemic and we need to do it now by utilising...
Errors in a 'Gleaner' article
The Editor, Sir: I am compelled to write to you based on an article 'Local government elections - the biggest losers' authored by Daraine Luton and published on Sunday, December 9. The article says I am a two-time loser which is totally incorrect....
High-priced diploma ransom
THE EDITOR, Sir: Whoever stood up as guest-speaker the night of the graduation ceremony for Jamaica School of Art's Class of 1980, declared imminent measures for the upgrading of the four-year diploma to bachelor status. That is all I can recall...
Have we swapped dog for monkey?
The Editor, Sir: I cannot help but feel a sense of chagrin, each time someone in the media, who should know better, attempts to excuse the failings of the current government, by reminding us that for 18 years the People's National Party (PNP) was at the helm...
Spanish Town mayoral control
The Editor, Sir: If one agrees that an effective and efficient local government is highly necessary for economic development, the same can be applied to the parish councils and the municipality of Portmore. However, this cannot be implemented without strong leadership...
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