THE EDITOR, Sir: Most of us have heard mothers, especially, shouting to children, “Anybody lick you, tump dem back.” Many of the tragedies we hear of started years before with this exhortation. Police records now show that the overwhelming majority of killings and woundings are a result of the feeling that violence is the first …
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THE EDITOR, Sir: Education Minister Ruel Reid has announced that the payment of auxiliary fees will end in September, as the Government will increase the subvention for each student from $11,500 to $19,000. This has not gone down well with school administrations. They claim that this move will turn them into “beggars”, as that amount …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Monday night’s television news carried yet another report of a building destroyed by fire. I just completed the first sentence of this letter when I realised that this is the exact wording of the last of three letters on this subject written to The Gleaner eight months ago. But I just finished …
Many individuals and several organisations have echoed Dr Christopher Tufton’s concerns about low voter turnout in this country. Dr Tufton, a former opposition senator, is reported as saying that “… growing voter apathy can be countered by a display of political maturity by politicians … . Political parties have not been willing to identify areas …
On Sunday, September 16, 2007, I watched an angry Portia Simpson Miller expressing suspicion at the just-concluded general election she lost to the Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She promised, among other things, to be the new government’s “worst nightmare”. There were no charges of electoral malpractice and there was no concession speech. In …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Come tomorrow, the elections will be over. For those of us who take this exercise seriously, this is a time for reflection – asking, ‘what now?’ The answer has a lot to do with the issues raised during campaigning. What emerged was that our greatest challenge is one of governance. Governance, for …
It seems we are not likely to benefit from the scheduled political debates. The PNP has decided against it. I thought that after publication of a substantial supplement detailing accomplishments in our newspapers, the party would be eager to talk about them. I am really loath to comment on this Holness house matter. I find …
In June 2013, wealthy, drunk 16-year-old Ethan Couch sped through his residential Texas community doing about 70mph (110kph). He lost control, sideswiped a parked vehicle, ploughed into and killed four people standing on the sidewalk – youth pastor Brian Jennings, Hollie and Shelby Boyles (a mother and daughter, respectively), and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell. Another victim …
Chairman of UK Athletics Ed Warner recently proposed that all world records be expunged. This is one of a number of poorly thought out ideas that has come from Mr Warner. President of the JAAA, Dr Warren Blake – like just about everyone else – disagrees. After all, five of those records are owned by …
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest would have to settle for something less … . – Lee Iacocca When I attended York Castle High, I was not placed in the science grade. That was reserved for the students that showed promise. It didn’t really matter at …
