THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill has sparked wide ranging discussions. I have been a teacher for over 10 years and I admit that I have been hearing about the call for the licensing of teachers as far back as when I was...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Winds of change have been howling around Washington, DC, with the intensity of a Force 12 Gale in the 100 days since President Trump was inaugurated, and the eye of Category Five Hurricane Donald is behind the Resolute Desk in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was listening to a talk show recently, when I heard a caller complaining that some policemen treat people like animals. I have heard similar complaints about people being treated like animals before, but today was different...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The current stand-off between Cricket West Indies (CWI) and recently removed T20 captain Rovman Powell highlights deep-seated issues within the regional cricketing body’s leadership. The fallout appears to be affecting not just...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The JCF’s stated intention to roll out facial recognition technologies (FRTs) reflects a desire to modernise policing efforts. While laudable, such an initiative should be embraced with circumspection given its implications for...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Clerk to the Houses of Parliament has recently come under much public scrutiny for a leaked internal memo she issued to the parliamentary staff. In the memo, she noted the frequent occurrence of staff attending work with...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing in response to Mr Howard Mitchell’s article published on April 21, concerning National Rums of Jamaica and the protection of the Jamaica rum Geographical Indication (GI). Mr Mitchell, who serves as a consultant for...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I read with sadness the recent article by Dr Jennifer Knight-Madden on the passing of Dr Graham Serjeant. He was well -known among his medical peers for his extensive research on sickle cell disease. What I don’t think is...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The month of May ushers in reflections on children, mothers and their principal caregivers – teachers and nurses. The celebration of graduation ceremonies sees many mothers wearing shoes as ‘handbags’. Their children were early...
Hickey Police – House Clerk threatens to immediately send home parliamentary staff who turn up with love bites. Is that legal? How can you prove they are hickeys? – @kullijhan I find the action of hickeys so juvenile for supposedly...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Golding fires back at PM’s dismissal of PNP housing plan,’ published in The Gleaner on April 29. Housing plan should be a non-issue in the 2025 general election. There can be a good...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Canada held its federal election on April 28, 2025 and what stood out most was not what happened, but what didn’t. There were no motorcades. No flag-waving crowds. No energetic last-minute rallies shaking the streets. The...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recently held elections in Canada were free from disunity, vitriol and violence. The dignity, statesmanship and good-naturedness with which Canadian political leaders and candidates conducted themselves are worthy of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is the title of Fatma Hassona’s movie. She was a photographer in Gaza. With the help of Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, what she filmed was made into a movie about her life as a witness of the genocide. On April 15,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Gleaner reported recently on a speech by PM Holness at the launch of the Parnassus Agro Park in southern Clarendon, in which he noted that a singular focus on wage increase without matched productivity was doomed to fail,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Senator Marlon Morgan’s call to wear blue in support of the police falls right in line with the lack of accountability that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leadership has been supporting through its administration. I have no...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to bring national attention to the ongoing and deeply troubling plight of basic school teachers in Jamaica — educators who lay the very foundation of our education system, yet who have been sidelined and neglected for...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In recent months, a troubling pattern has re-emerged – the normalisation of police killings. The reports of police fatally shooting ‘gunmen’ continue to surface, often with celebratory overtones. But since when did vengeance...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The opening of the Chinese auto mechanic establishment and the favourable reviews it has been receiving on social media has awakened Jamaican consumers’ consciousness to a level not seen since the ‘70s and ‘80s. For far too...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I refer to a recent article in The Gleaner on the ‘new’ Chinese garage in Kingston and a letter published last week titled ‘Jamaicans must be trained and hired’. I would like to draw attention to a crucial but often overlooked...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Dr Dana Morris-Dixon, minister of education, youth, skills and information, should be commended on the announcement to reintroduce reading as a dedicated, timetabled subject for teachers in grades 1–3. The reality is that if...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since the passing of Pope Francis, there has been much discussion of the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church. Much of this giving the impression that women still play a very limited role in the Church. However, women are...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Senator Marlon Morgan’s recent assertion that “more teachers are owning homes and vehicles” under the current administration might have been encouraging, if it weren’t so glaringly disconnected from the lived realities of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Often there is a conversation about discipline and what it should look like for children. At its core, the issue is one of definition. Recently, two educators were lamenting what they called the “blatant disregard for rules” in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Recently, at the Jamaica Teachers Annual Conference, Education Minister Donna Morris Dixon spoke about the testing of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist teachers. These remarks by the minister are certainly...
