THE EDITOR, Madam: In recent times, vaping has become hugely popular among young Jamaicans, offering an idyllic, albeit false, oasis in the form of a safer option to traditional smoking. But hold on a moment before you take that puff of vapour!...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am compelled to respond to The Gleaner article titled ‘To thine own self be true’ by Minister Daryl Vaz, which further perpetuates misinformation and baseless accusations against Opposition Leader Mark Golding. Minister Vaz’s...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Congratulations to the West Indies on winning the T20I series against South Africa. The West Indies beat South Africa in consecutive T20I series home and away. South Africa are no mugs. It was their World Cup team that played...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Elaine Thompson Herah came dead last at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic recently. Some of her die-hard fans have since said, “ She is injured”, “She does not want to show her real speed until the Olympics”, “It just the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is clear that the ruling party has run out of gas, and see their meal ticket in Mark Golding’s inheritance. Since when does an inherited citizenship remove loyalty or accountability? The current Government seems to have a...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have read the Constitutional Reform Committee Report and I have listened attentively to, and read of, the ensuing pleas for ‘consensus’ coming from within the committee and beyond. I am however totally at a loss to reach any...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent decision by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to discontinue certain subjects due to low enrolment and student engagement has sparked significant concern among educators and stakeholders throughout the region...
THE EDITOR, Madam: There seems to be a widely held view that consensus is always good and right. I disagree. One just has to look to history for several examples where a general consensus in a society was decidedly neither good nor right; the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Water is the single most essential resource that any nation, including Jamaica, cannot do without. While the country currently does not face an immediate need to import water to meet local demand, this situation may not remain...
THE EDITOR, Madam: During the month of May, Mother’s Day, Child’s Month and Teachers’ Day are celebrated. Mother’s Day is the special when mothers are celebrated by their child/children and other loved ones. God has blessed mothers with an...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It seems to me that absurdity, hypocrisy and ill-fated opportunism has become the order of the day in today’s local politics. This land called Jamaica, as has been said by some, is not a real place. All this hullabaloo over...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Former Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James was outstanding, fearless, vastly informed consistently spoke out about the plethora of problems affecting the rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It appears to me that the present efforts to vilify the leader of the Opposition for having dual citizenship are more racially inspired and politically motivated than nationalistic. I say this because the weight of public...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write in both the capacity of being the founding manager of All Saints/Jones Town FC, now Arnett Gardens FC, and former director of Boys Town. From the seventies to the nineties, Boys Town FC was one of the best football...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In 2008, Jamaica’s Court of Appeal of Judicature handed down judgment in the Abraham Dabdoub v Daryl Vaz case. The case has been referred to loosely as the dual- citizenship case. Referring to this matter as a dual-citizenship...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In your headline article for May 22, 2024, ‘Nothing is Secret ’, Chukwuemeka Cameron is paraphrased as saying “personal data is defined as any information that can be used to identify an individual either by itself or in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is at it again! It is no news that CXC has decided to discontinue the following subjects of note – Agricultural Science (double option), Mechanical Engineering, Green Engineering,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As we re-examine the paramount importance of citizenship and the profound responsibilities attached to the ownership of a country’s passport, let us not confuse having an allegiance with spying for the state. Citizenship is...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am extending sincere congratulations and deepest admiration of Byron Blake’s deserved reminder to the Caribbean Community of the very valuable contribution that has been made by LIAT 1974. Ambassador Blake’s article,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: What a peculiar position our very own son of the soil and purported son of the British Isles finds himself in. Standing as the obstructive force for us to constitutionally break bonds with Britain. Perched on the precipice of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I read the concerns raised by the Opposition on the Constitution Reform Committee’s (CRC) draft report. They are valid in my view. If we move away from the monarchy, we should not cling to the crown like a dependent, even if...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica has a long history of political polarisation which has retarded the country’s progress and development. After more than six decades of political independence, we have been unable to unify our nation around policy...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing in response to a May 16 letter, ‘Rose Shaw, Hubert Williams should be withdrawn as PNP candidates’, written by Timothy Carnegie. I am one of the vice-chairmen of the St Thomas Eastern PNP constituency and I wish...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As road crashes and fatalities increase, the predictable response is the lament that our drivers are undisciplined and the exhortation for them to drive carefully. We are all driving under the influence of a mind-altering...
THE EDITOR, Madam: On August 6, 1962, Jamaica became the first country in the English-speaking Caribbean to gain independence. Ironically, based on the tribal nature of our politics, it does seem that Jamaica might very well be among the last to...
