Sacrifice
I don't know the answers to our various problems, but what I do believe is that any leader who seriously wants to turn around this country must be willing to sacrifice two very important things: their political career and their life.
Jamaica needs this kind of leadership not only from its prime minister but from ALL levels of leadership. Why political career? Because the leader MUST begin to show party members and the country that its has to be Jamaica first.
As long as party comes first then the country will be in trouble - always. Any serious change made by such a leader may cost them their life, but guess what? We all WILL die someday, so why not die for a worthy cause. Jamaica is hurting badly it needs radical thinking and extremely strong leadership.
- Valentine Bailey, badrac2000@hotmail.com, Portmore, St. Catherine, Via Go-Jamaica
Record-keeping
Our government agencies seem flawed when it comes to record keeping. I refer to the KSAC's problems that it could not identify properties as that only one man knew and that he was now dead.
Why was there no record kept? Was the record only in his head? It would appear that the public sector needs reorganisation for proper record keeping. Carelessness like this only opens the way to corruption.
- Doreen McLeod-Bramwell, P.O. Box 52, Port Antonio
Greenwich Town plight
Recently, we the citizens of the community of Greenwich Town, have been experiencing havoc inside our community on a regular basis.
Shootings and killings of which the young, elderly, and even babies, have been victims are now a norm. We have yet to see any decisive action taken by the member of Parliament, councillor, churches or the Hunts Bay police against these brutal acts.
Several businesses have been forced to close down or succumb to extortion by criminals. Citizens of Greenwich Farm are calling on our member of Parliament, councillor, church leaders, commissioner of police and the media to please help us.
- Concerned citizens
Military education
They are brutal, ruthless, wild and untamed. This is a very apt description of the present generation of most young Jamaicans especially the school population.
Since most of them have been brought up and deprived of any civilising influence due in no small measure to the political and social ethos that surrounds them hence the new thinking in education should be that of civilising the 'brute beast' along with that of educating him in academies staffed by the brightest and finest military minds.
The first five years of secondary education should be spent in these institutions. This should be the thinking of education planners for the future.
- P. Logan, Duncans P.O.,Trelawny
