Dear Editor:

We want to thank you for the coverage your paper gave in relation to the swearing in of the new Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson. However, we would like your paper to take a stand against all the negative things being said about Sister P. To listen to all these people calling in on talk shows you would think she is totally inadequate. She must be very good to have held off the fight put up by the so- called bright men like Dr. Phillips and Dr. Davies.

This woman has been in politics for over thirty years. She has never lost an election. She has sat patiently and learned form leaders like Michael Manley, Edward Seaga and P.J. Patterson. She is a combination of all those leaders and more. I can tell all those doubters that she is ready to lead Jamaica, and jost of all she is not known for being corrupt. Tell all the doubters to just leave Sister P alone. She is going to make all Jamaicans proud.

Go before them Portia, go before them, and do thy work thyself. Rule Portia rule.

Miss Rosie Bryan, Cutler Ridge

What about the Chinese?

Dear Sir,

I am glad you made reference to the fact that the immigration debate in Washington is not giving enough attention to undocumented immigrants from the Caribbean. It seems to be only about Mexicans. However there are many from the Caribbean and I don’t see any lawyer or anyone in Washington making a case for these people including people from Haiti. Who really represents Caribbean people?

There is also another group of people that are being ignored and that is people from China. I am of Chinese descent, and I know that there are thousands of Chinese in America who have been smuggled here to America from China, and are doing very hard work in garment factories all over this country for very little pay. But who represents these people? . Many of them live in one crowded room. All of them cannot hold in the room so some sleep at night and some sleep at day, so that they have a place to sleep any at all. But no body represents them, Mr. editor. The problem of undocumented immigration is one that involves people from many countries. It’s an international problem; the whole world needs to be involved in this debate.

Tong Wong-Sam, Tampa.