THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Beryl has left a deleterious mark on our infrastructure – homes, roadways, and buildings have all suffered extensive damage. In the wake of this destruction, it’s time for local construction professionals to have a...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Madam Minister, I agree with you. New strategies and introspection are needed. So what were you doing all this time? It was the same tune for Olympics 2020 in Tokyo, except the excuse then was COVID-19. You go on to sing the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am at my wits’ end and trust that by reaching out to you, it may enable some form of investigation. During Easter 2024, I went to great expense by flying out to Jamaica, to personally collect my ‘paid for’ document, having...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaica Public Service Company says it has completed post-Hurricane Beryl restoration of electricity to the majority of its customers except for some in St Elizabeth. Despite the intervention of Minister Vaz – many thanks...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Recently, a group of academic writers from West Africa, Jamaica, and the USA toured the Seville Heritage Park, the site of Emancipation Jubilee 2024. Managed by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), its mission is “to...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Thank you for granting me space to highlight a concern among some residents of Cornwall Court in St James. The community of Cornwall Court is presumably the largest housing scheme in western Jamaica developed by the National...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Local government in Jamaica is provided for by the Parish Councils Act 1887, the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation Act 1923 and the Municipalities Act 2003, and not by the Constitution. The Ministry of Local Government and...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Sandwiched between the back gate of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Ja) which leads on to Gordon Town Road, St Andrew, and the parallel trajectory that ends by the Texaco Gas Station by Chandos Place, is a...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As Jamaica embarks on the road to becoming a republic, a critical question arises: Is it truly necessary to ditch the British monarchy? While this move is often seen as the final step towards full independence, it is important...
THE EDITOR, Madam: At the 2024 Paris Olympics, a number of Jamaican athletes were officially and ceremonially conferred with medals that were due to them because of drug cheating in a previous Olympics. To date, there has been no official...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the recent carnage in Clarendon, where people were shot dead in a drive-by shooting. It struck me that the total members in the crowd must have substantially outnumbered the gunmen, yet none of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Like all of Jamaica, I was crestfallen when I saw the baton fell out of the hands of Andrenette Knight in the final of the women’s 4x400m relay during the Paris Olympic games on Saturday. It seemed like déjà vu, as a similar...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Internationally acclaimed actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is one of Jamaica’s greatest assets. On many occasions, during interviews with American journalists, she has spoken fondly about the land of her birth. Ralph is arguably the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was horrified to read the news of the mass murder in Four Paths, Clarendon, which left eight dead and nine injured. Jamaica is at the place where persons can be at a location enjoying themselves and brutal beasts just spray...
THE EDITOR, Madam: General election in Jamaica is constitutionally due in just over a year, and the political aspirants on either side will peddle promises of better management of state affairs. In the process, both sides will, among other things...
THE EDITOR, Madam: On Sunday, July, 7, the West Indies cricket team paid a visit to Buckingham Palace in London, England. The visit was at the invitation of King Charles III. The team was treated ahead of the first Test against England at Lords...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my profound agreement with Kristen Gyles’ incisive column in The Gleaner of August 9 titled ‘Christianity as the easy target’. Her analysis of the controversial, artistic depiction at the Paris 2024...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I watched the performances of all our athletes and the playback tapes and noted that most of the Jamaican athletes hug the winners after each event (notable exception was our gold medal winner who was subdued and guided with...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Paris Olympics - most Jamaicans like me watched the Games with the weight of disappointment from unfulfilled expectations. Jamaica has no shortage of exceptional track and field athletes and coaches. Going into these Games...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am calling on the two main political parties to work in harmony for goodwill and the prosperity of Jamaica. We need to establish dedicated and committed early childhood education institutions across Jamaica. There should be a...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The 2024 Olympics has left its mark and its victors will be recorded in history forever. As we watched the athletes compete in the Olympics, we were reminded that to err is human. The source of the obvious discontent among our...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The glorifying of violence is more dangerous than the violence itself, just like the mind of the person holding the gun is more menacing than the mere presence of a gun. Unfortunately in Jamaica violence is largely seen by...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to The Gleaner editorial of August 5, titled ‘Tavares-Finson’s flaccid case’. Issue was taken with Mr Tavares-Finson’s support for the retention of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the ostentatious graduation exercises for which parents are forced to pay. One wonders who is really on the side of parents? Who steps in to look out for them and can definitively say no, to some...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This Independence Day was meant to be a grand celebration of our nation’s freedom and achievements, but instead, it has been marred by a dismal and ongoing 33-day power outage following the devastation wrought by Hurricane...
