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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Monday | May 12, 2008

EDITORIAL - Performance-based pay for teachers
Mrs Ena Barclay, the president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), is indeed, correct: Jamaica teachers deserve to be paid commensurate with their contribution to the enterprise. We, of course, would say the same for all workers.

Inner-city mothers and crime

I once witnessed a young mother scold her male toddler by threatening to "wipe di knife" across his neck for disobeying her directive to leave it alone. I've seen a mother thump her little boy with staggering force because he wouldn't stop crying for ice cream... - Garth Rattray

NOTE-WORTHY: Undivided loyalty

Did you know that Jamaicans renounce their Jamaican citizenship every year in order to take up lucrative United States Federal Government jobs (the fed is the largest employer in the US, employing over two million persons)?...





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