Generation viewIt appears that this is the first general election in which my generation actually sees some importance and was actually interested in the issues affecting our country.
Despite this, many of us did not see the importance of voting. I believe that this is because there is a sense of apathy among the young. For many of us when it comes to our government there is a que sera, sera attitude - whatever will be, will be. Regardless of who is in power, very few things in our lives will change. After everything has ended, our lives will return to normal.
One of the most detrimental mistakes people can make is to think that a government is going to wave a magic wand to make their lives better. That dream will never be a reality.
My generation is the one that has to grab life by the horns and decide how we are going to change our futures and reshape our country.
- Tenesha Gordon, tennyluz@yahoo.com, 20 Palmoral Avenue, Kingston 6, Via Go-Jamaica
Congrats, BruceNow that after 18 years we are to have a brand new Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce Golding. I strongly implore my fellow Jamaicans to pull behind him. He needs our support from everywhere that Jamaicans reside - be it under the zinc roof in Trench Town or the hills of Switzerland.
Enough of the childish mentality that if 'we do not get exactly what we want, we must oppose, fight, rebel, cause trouble or tear down someone else'.
Kids are coming up and let's not have them bear the stint of going places and being conceived of as persons from a beautiful island, BUT violent.
Unite Jamaica. Let's once again truly become a people that honours God and each other. Remember, 'Out of Many One People'.
Congratulations, Bruce.
- Keesha Skeffery, kskeffery@yahoo.com, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.,Via Go-Jamaica
Searching for kidsI'm a German who lived in Jamaica. My daughter, Kristin Korta-Haupt, was born in Kingston. Her mother, Patricia Chisholm, migrated to London, but has three more kids left in Jamaica. We lost contact with them. Please publish so that anyone who knows the whereabouts of ANNIE BROWN or KERRY GORDON, both of whom used to live in the Portmore area, can contact me.
- Claus Haupt,opclausi@yahoo.com, Hauptstr. 44, D-67245 Lambsheim (Germany), Via Go-Jamaica
