Mel Cooke's a sure winner
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a Jamaican living in Canada, and I must say I look forward to reading The Gleaner everyday. However, I look forward to reading the Thursday paper just to read the articles written by Melville Cooke. I find his views, though I do...

Letter for a face behind the jail bars
THE EDITOR, Sir: MY LETTER to you is in response to a letter written to you by Hugh C. Anderson from the Adult Correctional Centre on Tower Street, Kingston.

Vasciannie is right on the ball
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to commend Stephen Vasciannie on his balanced, tactful and well-re-searched article on the topic of the perceived gap between the traditional and newly upgraded high schools.

Our education disaster
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been a teacher in the Jamaican school system since 1995. During this time I have taught at both the primary and secondary level. For the past year, I have been teaching at a rural high school.

Use your vote
THE EDITOR, Sir: MANY PEOPLE continue to complain that political parties have failed us. Though that might be true, what I can't understand is how refusing to vote solves the problem. When we refuse to vote, it simply allows persons with nice smiles...

Michelle Thompson
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM looking for my sister. Her name is Michelle Thompson, and our father's name is Lloyd Thompson. We used to live on Victoria Avenue. I have been looking for her for the past 16 years. I can be contacted at 441-296-6768 (w) or...

There are schools and there are schools
THE EDITOR, Sir: WE MIGHT be citizens of an island paradise but we are definitely not living in a utopia. So let us stop sugar-coating and stop dreaming on Monkey Mountains regarding the traditional high school versus non-traditional high school...