Perkins Online http://www.go-jamaica.com/podcasts http://www.go-jamaica.com/podcasts/images/go-jamaicapodcast300x300.jpg http://www.go-jamaica.com/podcasts/ Go-Jamaica Podcasts 300 300 Gleaner Online Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:00:00 EST en-us Copyright 2006 Gleaner Online Today Mutty discusses the economic situation in Bangledesh that he heard during a BBC broadcast. He quoted a woman saying "one chinese can do three Bangledeshi work." However, he talks about China opening up to investment with their enormous workforce. He states that itgoing to be very difficult for us to accomplish as much as the chinese. He comments on the education system and how teachers seem not to master the English Language when listening to them on the radio. Mutty also states that if Jamaica was serious about education, then Teachers would be the highest paid in our society. Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 22:59 Mon, June 8, 2009 8:00:00 EST What a dismal situation we find ourselves in, a 16-year-old boy stabbed to death by one of his classmates. We seem to have developed a culture of violence and to effect change we need to find the root cause. We need to deal with this as not just a criminal matter, but also as cultural matter. We are not giving our young people today a sense of opportunity, a sense that they can distinguish themselves by achieving skilled performances, studying and earning a decent living. Those that do choose that path have no jobs waiting on them and have to migrate to find work. This cycle is destroying our people and promoting a kind of irresponsibility. Mr Golding’s government cannot be blamed for creating these problems as they have been developing for many years. But, we are not hearing from the Government any proposed solutions that are in any way impressive. Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 13:15 Tue, November 18, 2008 8:00:00 EST Gunfire at the Jamaica Labour Party’s national conference, The Gleaner alleges that it started inside the arena. Mutty asks why a man armed with a gun would want to get into a secure area containing the Prime Minister, and members of the diplomatic core. While Mutty thought Mr Golding’s speech was a good one overall, he was not very impressed with the Prime Minister’s position on the economy, specifically, the heavy emphasis on tourism. For the tourism industry to expand, Mutty says, Jamaica needs to develop other aspects of industry; provide people with opportunities; cut down on the crime. We need to train our workforce and provide education for young people. Mutty highlights and completely agrees with the statement ‘It is going to be a long time before the opposition has any credibility in talking about corruption.’ Mutty accuses the former Government as being the most corrupt in the history of the country, certainly since 1940, and as far as he knows, going back indefinitely beyond that. Mutty segues to a comment made by Peter Bunting, PNP’s party spokesman on National Security. There has been a marked increase in violence against children, which seems to be the result of organized activity targeting our children. Mutty posits that Mr Bunting is entirely accurate on the matter. He calls for the spokesman to go a step further and answer the question ‘What is the purpose of this organized activity targeting our children in this particularly vicious way?’ Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 22:28 Mon, November 17, 2008 8:00:00 EST Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 08:25 Tue, October 28, 2008 8:00:00 EST Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 18:06 Mon, October 27, 2008 8:00:00 EST Wilmot 'Mutty' Perkins 20:22 Fri, October 24, 2008 8:00:00 EST