LETTER OF THE DAY - Facing the literacy problem in schools
The Editor, Sir:While most Jamaicans are caught up in the web of electioneering, educators and parents are busy trying to get our house in order before the next school year which begins in less than 21 days. Each school year brings some age-old problems such as overcrowding...
What the debates achieved
The Editor, Sir: The recently concluded political leadership debates, hosted by the Jamaica Debates Commission, have served to correct fundamental weaknesses in our political culture and political behaviour. For too long political leadership aspirants in Jamaica...
Accountability is what we need
The Editor, Sir: So the proverbial democracy has arrived at another potentially pivotal ... pivot that hasn't really been a pivot for the past couple of elections, but oh well ... and as usual, another 60 per cent of the Jamaican electorate...
NOTE-WORTHY: Calming colours
I visited the island and noticed that many of the houses are painted white on the outside. If I am correct, white reflects heat. Could this be the cause why so many lawns and trees and animals and people seem to wither so much?
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