Teachers' rights
Today, I call on all teachers to have a silent protest on Monday. We need rights, children cannot be the only one with rights. Let us move in solidarity with our counterparts who have been harmed by the action of students. We need to be protected. Let's send a strong message to the Ministry of Education, the school boards, the parents and the children that enough is enough, we need to rise up, stand tall and fight for our rights. We need to protect ourselves,
meet and plan an action of protest.
This invitation is for all teachers in the public or private system, high or primary. Stand up and be counted.
- M. Brown marbro7688@yahoo.com, Linstead St Catherine, Via Go-Jamaica
Jamintel building
I read in yesterday's Gleaner that the Jamintel building sale was put on hold. I also read sometime ago that the ODPEM was looking at building a new office. In this time of financial hardship, I would suggest that the ODPEM look at this location as this was once used by C&W and therefore, the infrastructure is already in place and minor modifi-cations would need to be done.
- Michael Wong michael.wong@cwjamaica.com
Via Go-Jamaica
In the wake of Lecky
When Dr Thomas P. Lecky was working out the characteristics of what was to become the celebrated Jamaica Hope, he was not only working on a cow for our circumstances. He was laying the groundwork for others in practical and theoretical ways to extend animal husbandry.
Here we have, in yesterday's Gleaner, the story of a farmer extending the work of Lecky in another direction, being frustrated. I refer to the farmer whose prize bull was slaughtered by praedial thieves. It is obvious that this animal was not only a show animal, but was the sign of things to come in the Red Poll herd in Jamaica. If Dr Lecky was carrying out his work in today's Jamaica, maybe there would not have been a Jamaica Hope, given the choice of praedial thieves.
- Middleton Wilson middletonwilson@bellsouth.net Miami, Fl Via Go-Jamaica
Nagging
I just read Paul H. Williams' story on why some men leave. Maybe she nags him because she is lonely while he is at the betting shop or the bar; or at the other woman's house. She needs help with the housework; maybe he could play with the kids; read to them. Why do you think the woman is nagging? Just to nag? How about talking to her for a few minutes? As to having children for different fathers, that is another story.
- Yvonne, y.605 @ hotmail.com
3 Willow Way, Kingston 6
Via Go-Jamaica
