THE EDITOR, Madam: While in most respects the recently concluded 2025 Boys and Girls Champs was a most exhilarating experience, especially for the communities associated with the eventual winners, Kingston College and Hydel High School, there was...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is marvellous to me to note that one of the crucial points for the proof that Christianity is truth is the fact that Jesus’s disciples ran away and left Him when they saw the mortal danger he was in after his betrayal by...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica stands at a crossroads. For too long, the spectre of the public sector wage bill has haunted the economic landscape. Governments have wrestled with it, targets have been set, yet the challenge persists. The traditional...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a past student and former head boy at Ardenne High School, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Nadine Molloy for 12 years of superlative service to the school. When Nadine arrived at Ardenne High, she was...
THE EDITOR, Madam: A reduction in crime in Jamaica is excellent news for which the minister of national security, the commissioner of police, and the Jamaica Defence Force should be commended. However, we should not get complacent. To achieve...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In 1988, Barbados, an anomalous, transcendent non pareil was born – Rihanna Robyn Fenty. A Bajan heroine, an exceptional game-changer who persistently defies the odds, never has she once divorced her profound, resolute and...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Jamaica, and the conversation around re-evaluating the US travel advisory, signals a pivotal diplomatic moment. It is an opportunity not simply to seek a downgrade of an...
THE EDIT OR, Madam: Peter Espeut wrote a most interesting, and informative column, ‘Reforming nations and parties’. He wrote about the Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s Budget Debate, in which promised that he would amend the Integrity Commission...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Numbers games or numbers rackets have been a form of illegal gambling for a very long time. Many governments around the world sponsor legal lottery games based on the numbers rackets, in order to increase government revenue....
THE EDITOR, Madam: We have heard of gay Christians and even gay pastors. How can this be? This is a contrary combination! It is like a continuum with gays on the one axis and Christians on the other. In mathematics, they are incongruent – they do...
THE EDITOR, Madam: We need, as a nation, to honour the architects of human rights. In particular, it is vital that we spotlight the pivotal yet often overlooked contributions of the Global South – especially the remarkable efforts of Jamaica and...
T HE EDITOR, Madam: “ We can be out here selling and lose our life same way. We as a people too vicious against one another and just sit down and plot how to take each other life. There is more to life.” Those are the reflections of a vendor in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am shocked by the ICC’s decision to part ways with umpire Joel Wilson. We talk a lot about some local cricket superstars like Bravo, Pollard, Narine, Lara, but we forget other cricket superstars like Daren Ganga, Ian Bishop,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a concerned Jamaican citizen and environmentalist, I write to add this congratulatory note for the article by Dr Rodriguez-Moodie published in The Sunday Gleaner of March 23, 2025. It addressed the recent Fort Rocky...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In light of ongoing discussions about individual rights and justice in the United States of America, it is essential for us, in the Caribbean, to highlight how Jamaica and other CARICOM countries have made significant strides to...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Take a walk through any of our town centres and invariably you will see mentally ill persons lying on the streets, sleeping on the floor under plazas (piazzas), walking the road in dirty clothes, or going through garbage for...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It seems that no one has bothered to tell the people how government works. The government does not have money (of itself). The money the government spends comes out of your pocket or the pocket of someone you know. That is the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am disappointed that Zimbabwe’s health system has failed, to the point that they are reportedly using outdated and damaged equipment, expired medication, and there is insufficient staff. Zimbabwe’s clinics and hospitals are...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Nearly two billion people rely on water from glaciers, snow-melt and mountain run-off for drinking, agriculture, and energy production. The World Meteorological Organization states that in 2023, glaciers lost more than 600...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The implementation of the new government compensation system began in April 2022. Later that year, public sector workers were notified that the “new pay bands” would be “implemented over a three-year period” and that...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the Government’s decision to allocate $1 billion for a one-time $20,000 grant to low-income, informal workers under the newly announced Solidarity Programme. While the intention to assist...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Ministry of Education’s decision to expand the concept of the Grade 7 Academy to other underperforming schools is commendable. But there are several aspects that need to be thought through and given time if this proposed...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica stands at a pivotal moment as it engages in the annual Budget Debate, while anticipating the upcoming general election. This period presents an opportunity for policymakers and citizens alike to scrutinise the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: World Down Syndrome Day is commemorated every year to raise awareness and educate the public about the condition which originate during prenatal development. It is present from birth and is not caused by anything a parent did...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since PAC Kingston Airport Ltd announced a mural competition for the airport roundabout in Kingston, I have been giving this some thought. No doubt the open call will be very competitive, and I wonder how they’ll balance the...
