Dear Editor,
Please give me a space in your paper to highlight the urgent need of the Dalvey post office building.
On October 24, 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the roof of the building, and all the people had to be going to Golden Grove to receive mails, including the poor pensioners who have to be paying transportation fees for the past six months.
I'm calling on the relevant authority within the postal service to treat the condition as a case of urgency and have the roof of the building replaced.
I am of the opinion that those persons in authority are not aware of the meagre amount that these pensioners are getting, and during these last six months they have to pay transportation fees from the pensions that they receive.
I hope that the fixing of the Dalvey post office may not be as "indefinite" as the Golden Grove post office building (over 13 years), with no sign of it returning to accommodate the work. The postal service was established in Jamaica over 300 years ago (1671-2013) at Spanish Town and during that period if it were neglectful for most of that time, it would have gone out of service by now.
So I am calling on the relevant authority to do something that will preserve and enhance the true virtue of this our great heritage.
The building needs urgent attention to ease the "financial crunch" that is upon the poor pensioners in the Dalvey community.
Joshua A Bailey
Dalvey, St Thomas
Fix Dalvey post office
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Please give me a space in your paper to highlight the urgent need of the Dalvey post office building.
On October 24, 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the roof of the building, and all the people had to be going to Golden Grove to receive mails, including the poor pensioners who have to be paying transportation fees for the past six months.
I'm calling on the relevant authority within the postal service to treat the condition as a case of urgency and have the roof of the building replaced.
I am of the opinion that those persons in authority are not aware of the meagre amount that these pensioners are getting, and during these last six months they have to pay transportation fees from the pensions that they receive.
I hope that the fixing of the Dalvey post office may not be as "indefinite" as the Golden Grove post office building (over 13 years), with no sign of it returning to accommodate the work. The postal service was established in Jamaica over 300 years ago (1671-2013) at Spanish Town and during that period if it were neglectful for most of that time, it would have gone out of service by now.
So I am calling on the relevant authority to do something that will preserve and enhance the true virtue of this our great heritage.
The building needs urgent attention to ease the "financial crunch" that is upon the poor pensioners in the Dalvey community.
Joshua A Bailey
Dalvey, St Thomas
Fix Dalvey post office
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