The discontinuation of the 19a express bus service has displaced a lot of commuters. We are now expected to disembark at the transportation centre and transfer to 900 buses which are scarce like 'good gold'. If 900 buses are available, commuters have to push and shove in order to make it on board.
Whoever came up with this idea does not really have commuters' welfare at heart. We have not at any time objected to paying the $100. Major markdown to JUTC and the minister of transport.
- D.H., drmmhs@yahoo.com, Greater Portmore, St. Catherine
Cheap shot
I am an architect from Pennsylvania working on a high-tech office project in Jamaica. I enjoy reading The Gleaner on my business trips to your lovely country and can often find articles relevant to my work here. Today, I opened your paper to find, on the first page above the fold, a decidedly unattractive photograph of a yawning Daryl Vaz, West Portland MP.
I met Minister Vaz last year and found him to be a dedicated, intelligent civil servant and, upon seeing the photograph, my immediate reaction was, what a 'cheap shot'? It has no news value and seems to be nothing more than an opportunistic, predatory portrayal of Vaz in an unattractive light. This is the kind of thing you would see in a cheap celebrity tabloid, not the most respected paper in Jamaica. Which is The Gleaner?
- Roger Kingsland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phone service out
I am calling again on the Cable & Wireless telephone company about the absence of the service at the Dalvey Post Office in St Thomas, since August 19, 2007. Six months is a very long time for a place such as the post office to be waiting for such an important service.
- J.A. Bailey, Dalvey PO, St Thomas
Truth at last
At last someone has brought up the REAL reason the 'investment clubs' have been in the news so frequently. Gavin Chen's statement says it all: "210 to 250 million per month in the tax pool".
All the talk of investors won't be covered if something goes wrong if the schemes are not regulated is all a load of bull. The plain fact is that the Government has seen all these people earning high interest and wants its share of the spoils, no more, no less. The truth at last!
- Dave Johnson, retep68@hotmail.com
