LETTER OF THE DAY - Are preparatory schools giving value for money?
THE EDITOR, Sir: Permit me to voice my concern over what I believe is now an epidemic, where preparatory schools are charging as much as $40,000 per term for tuition, with a pending increase to come in September 2007. For that amount of money, I would expect that the kids...
Night noise rattles Industry Village
THE EDITOR, Sir: I have sent the following letter to Commissioner of Police Lucius A.Thomas: Dear Commissioner, Re: Night Noise in Industry Village: Further to my letters of the 28th December 2006, 24th January and 3rd February 2007, I write to you once again to express my disgust...
Constituency spending
The Editor, Sir: Ministers Bobby Pickersgill and Richard Azan reported that sums totalling $128.25 million dollars were spent in my constituency of North East St. Andrew. I say without fear of contradiction that I had nothing to do with the spending of that money..
Rescue the cricket
The Editor, Sir: We in the West Indies really don't want the Cricket World Cup to fail, and would like to see the organisers do the following to save it: 1. Drop the average ticket price to US$10 and give previously purchased ticket holders a discount. 2. Get the school kids involved...
GCT burden
The Editor, Sir: Having read on the front page of The Gleaner of March 28, 'Remove GCT on legal fees for criminal cases, - K.D. Knight', I find it very strange that Mr. Knight, an attorney-at-law, is now calling on the Government to remove the General Consumption Tax on legal fees...
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