Water problems in St. Thomas
Please allow me to ask the National Water Commission (NWC) Authority how much longer the people in the following areas must wait for a proper water supply - Top House, Holland Town, Stonewall, and Mahogany Hill?).
No water and low water-pressure are creating hardship for the people in these areas. The former councillor, Mr. B. Steele, and the people had several meetings with representatives of the NWC at the parish council. Each time they promised to carry out technical studies. But the situation became more alarming, and stressful.
The few people with rubber water-tanks are still feeling the hardship, for due to the low-water pressure water is not able to reach th of the tanks, and so there is no reserve water. Just the other day a rubber-tank burst open ... due to a long period without water and the heat of the sun, the material, apparently, became weakened. So, that's another form of hardship the people suffered.
J.A. BAILEY
Dalvey P.O.
St. Thomas
NCU anniversary
Northern Caribbean University asserts that it is celebrating 100 years of Christ-centred education. The claim of 100 years of existence needs clarification. A security guard who stood beside me when a recent parade was passing commented "a so long NCU de bout."
I proceeded to explain to him that the institution had its very early beginnings near Linstead in St. Catherine in 1907 and later (about 1913) moved to Mandeville and sometime, about 1919, had a name change to West Indies College. A few years ago (about 10 I told him - could be more or less) the then institution attained university status and simultaneously changed its name to Northern Caribbean University - so the university itself is not in fact 100 years old.
For the purposes of historical accuracy NCU needs to ensure that it does not give the impression that as a university it has been around for 100 years. It would be a wonderful and positive thing for the university if it had been around for all this time (as a university) but that is not the case. The danger of overstating the marketing line and understating the historical facts, is one against which the leadership of NCU must guard itself.
I wish the university well and want to see it prosper.
CANUTE S. THOMPSON
M. A. (Hons) B.A. (Hons)
Mandeville, Manchester
