LETTER OF THE DAY - Performance-based pay unfair to teachers
THE EDITOR, Sir: After reading Cynthia Cooke's Tuesday, March 17, letter, though I was impressed by her assessment of the two very different teachers, one good, one poor, and while I have no doubt that many teachers agree with the notion of merit, or teacher-performance pay...

Congrats, Black River Hospital
The Editor, Sir: I feel quite compelled to write to congratulate the staff at the Black River Hospital. On a recent visit to the hospital, I observed that their clinics were very organised.

Not 'pre-Champs violence'
The Editor, Sir: Kindly allow me to express my disgust with the violence among schoolboys from some of our Corporate Area schools, and the media, which paints this criminal act as being associated with the annual Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships.

Money can't buy morals or values
The Editor, Sir: I welcomed warmly the announcement by Television Jamaica (TVJ) a few nights ago that it would no longer broadcast live carnival, in compliance with the Broadcasting Commission, but most important in keeping with their values...

Col Douglas hits back
The Editor, Sir: Please allow me the opportunity to respond to a letter on March 16, titled 'Col Douglas' misplaced gripe' and written by Michael Brown.

School leaders must properly understand security and safety
The Editor, Sir: The Ministry of Education welcomes and encourages the interest in education shown by Mrs Marva Hewitt-Heaven, which she expressed in The Gleaner on March 12.The ministry and education officials share her concern at the recent accidental...

Get the facts straight first
The Editor, Sir: I am writing in response to a letter on Tuesday, March 17, headlined 'Carnival prejudice'. I too consider myself a dark-skinned Jamaican and I experience the same thing...

Train up a child in the way he should grow
The Editor, Sir: There is a good old saying: Train up a child in the way he should grow that when he is old he will not depart from it.Is it that these valuable words are not being put to practice? What is happening to the roles that parents are suppose...

JPS and its gibberish
The Editor, Sir: Oil prices have droped significantly over the past few months and JPS is still demanding major increases in light bills. First, they blame the rise in murder and poverty, then they say Jamaica was too dependent on foreign oil...

Stop JPS from threatening us
The Editor, Sir: Much has been written over these past few days with regard to increased rates for electricity supplies, in particular the threat about holding back on further investment in electricity generation.The base fuel for creating the JPS...

Dissatisfied at slow railway development
The Editor, Sir: I am writing to express my deep dissatisfaction with the Government's slow response to revive the Jamaica Railway Corporation. Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry, in his 2008-2009 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House...