One way of reducing serious accidents is to zero in on the near misses and fix the condition or the environment which contributes to it.
This approach should be adopted in the fight against crime in our country. In most cases, the person who commits murder may have started with lesser offences. In the management of crime, the police are usually brought in after the crime is committed, and that is good, but who is working with our people to teach them the way in order to prevent them from going over that threshold into crime?
In my view, a comprehensive crime management programme must not only focus on crime fighting, it should also have a crime prevention focus, which calls for skills that are not usually found in the police force.
- Carlton Fearon, clarendonlube@yahoo.com, Hellshir St. Catherine, Via Go-Jamaica
Affected by spraying
Mosquito spraying was done in our neighbourhood without warning on the afternoon of April 30 affecting our well-ventilated house and causing my seven-year-old daughter, who has been ill with the flu, to cough uncontrollably all evening and throughout the night. She brought up all the medication that had been administered and could keep nothing down except sips of water. My 89-year-old mother, who lives next door and is asthmatic, was also severely affected.
She also started coughing uncontrollably. How can spraying be done without warning? We live near to Jamaica House. This area is heavily populated and we the residents and citizens of Jamaica deserve and demand to be treated with respect.
- Carole Orane Andrade,
Kingston 10
Another tributeWith regard to the tribute by Rev. Dick for Rev. Azariah McKenzie, I also would like to pay tribute to him as a teacher of religious knowledge at Calabar High School during the '60s. Members of 'Bullets Town' class would remember him well, as when he was on his way to class, we used to sing "Azariah catch dem a fire" and he would take it with much jest. He was straight-laced, but always had a fun side to him.
- Peter Daniels, pdandan@yahoo.com, Nassau, Bahamas, Via Go-Jamaica
Real motherMy nameis Karen Johnson, born Karen Taylor. I just found out that my real mother has been looking for me. Her name is Vernell King. If you could print my letter with my information that would be great.
- Karen Johnson, kayjays2005@msn.com, 18295 Lenore, Detroit, Michigan,
Via Go-Jamaica
