THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent amendments to the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act and the Wildlife Protection Act represent a milestone in Jamaica’s efforts to address environmental offences. After years of advocacy and...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a teacher, I find myself once again compelled to highlight the persistent delays in salary adjustments and retroactive payments. These delays are not only frustrating, but also point to serious inefficiencies within the system...
THE EDITOR, Madam: If you have a vein through which blood flows and a heart that beats, you can’t help but feel profound sympathy for the impoverished residents of Kingston Central who are awaiting the completion of housing under the New Social...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I swear West Indies (WI) can’t bat to save their lives. WI should’ve won this series against Pakistan. The record should’ve said, our first Test series win against Pakistan since 1980; it shouldn’t have been a drawn series. WI...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Albert Einstein once said about nationalism “As a citizen of Germany, I saw how excessive nationalism can spread like a disease, bringing tragedy to millions”. The truth of that statement is apparent in the number of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate results highlight a distressing trend in Jamaica’s educational landscape, particularly in mathematics – a cornerstone of STEM education. In 2024, the pass rate for...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is the general election year, and it is imperative for the electorate to remain vigilant against the incessant tactics employed by political spin doctors. These individuals, equipped with a knack for reshaping narratives,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article ‘ DPP not in favour of judge-alone-trials’, published in The Gleaner on January 23. Like the DPP, we do not support ending jury trials. Jury challenges are not unique to Jamaica’s...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was recently speaking with a group of upper-school social sciences students, and they raised a pretty interesting question: are our social institutions even that important? They felt like they didn’t see how these...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my deep frustration and concern regarding an ongoing issue with Moneague College in obtaining my degree certificate. I completed my associate degree in 2015 and finally received that certificate in...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Not a good look,’ published in The Gleaner on January 22. The Constitution of Jamaica requires a constitutional referendum in order to remove Jamaica’s Judicial Committee of the...
Political analyst calls for better vetting of entertainers at political events following Chronic Law profanity incident Artiste [is] just being an artiste … leave them alone then. – @husslepacc47 Wonder if he made this comment when all the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is an open letter to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness I am deeply disappointed by the continued undermining of municipalities and erosion of local self-governance. It is disheartening to observe that the vision...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Well, Ms Bishop, history will not be kind to you. The money she was paid to redesign the coat of arms is the cost of a People’s National Movement (PNM) stain that cannot be removed with even the most concentrated Clorox or...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the two-year period since the Firearms Act was strengthened, our homicide rate has dropped by nearly 25 per cent. Since Independence, there are only two other two-year periods where our homicide rate dropped by more than...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Caribbean writer Martin Munro (2015) utilised literary and metaphorical allusion of ghosts in his anthology, The Haunted Tropics: Caribbean Ghost Stories. The metaphorical allusion to ghosts refers to spatial norms, values,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica’s economy is moving into the modern age, and it’s clear that we’re starting to change things for the better. We’ve been working on making our economy more sustainable and attractive, not just to our Caribbean neighbours...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Was the cold snap in Washington on Trump’s Inauguration Day – Monday, January 20, a message from the Arctic’s most famous resident – Santa Claus, about the good and bad list and how to stay on the good list, or at least attempt...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I read with interest the headline article in The Sunday Gleaner of January 19, 2025 about the conditions at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility. The article was, however, let down by some historical inaccuracies in one...
THE EDITOR, Madam: How does one begin to deconstruct this cocktail of symbolism and political manoeuvring? President Biden’s pardon of Marcus Garvey, while historic on the surface, drips with the kind of calculated opportunism that politicians...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The president of the United States of America, whomever he or she may be, ought to act in a manner that aligns with the job they hold. Moreover, when that position is regarded as the most powerful one in the free world, their...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my concerns about certain entrenched practices in the education system that may be failing students. Recently, I reviewed an exam that was designed for students at my grade level. It was evident that...
THE EDITOR, Madam: What the well-known television personality Kevin O’Leary told a CNN talking-heads panel five days before the US presidential inauguration had a ring of truth to it, from someone not always associated with unblemished veracity...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Child and adolescent centre opens in Montego Bay’, published in The Gleaner on January 17. The establishment of the centre is welcome, and I hope whichever of the two major political...
