Letters
December 9, 2025
Hurricanes can make deeper roots grow
THE EDITOR, Madam: No one today can prevent the storm from coming, or make it obey them by simply saying ‘hush’, as to an unruly pet (Mark 4:39). No one can be too prepared for these unforeseeable…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Breadfruit and hope after the storm
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, our beloved Jamaica mourns. The wind’s roar has subsided, but in its silence, the cries of families who have lost their homes, livelihoods,…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Jamaica will rise again
THE EDITOR, Madam: As Jamaicans prepared earnestly for Hurricane Melissa, many were faced with a painful choice. Some had to place hurricane preparations above paying their bills, a decision that…
December 9, 2025
Standing with Jamaica in this hour of crisis
THE EDITOR, Madam: Many years ago I spent ten days with my young daughters in Negril, a town in the Hanover and Westmoreland Parishes at the western extremity of Jamaica. The people were welcoming…
December 9, 2025
Increased criminality is a result of missing fathers
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Caribbean has been repeatedly rocked by incidents of mass killing without progress by society in dealing with the root causes. No government reviews, budget allocations or…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | All powers must respect the Caribbean’s Zone of Peace
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Gleaner’s October 27 editorial, ‘Former leaders right’, is a welcome and necessary reaffirmation of a principle the Caribbean has long cherished – that our region must remain…
December 9, 2025
We will rise again!
THE EDITOR, Madam: At first I ignored it, chalking it up to yet another example of journalistic sensationalism. After all, the news of the world’s most beloved island nation being under threat by a…
December 9, 2025
When prayer replaces planning: Rethinking our response to disaster
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane MelisSa’s devastation in St Elizabeth and nearby parishes revealed more than damaged homes – it exposed a troubling mindset. As the storm approached, many Jamaicans…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Heads-up given — so why only reactive cleaning of gullies?
DEAR EDITOR, Madam: I am concerned by a troubling pattern: the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has repeatedly acknowledged the threat of active hurricane seasons and allocated funds for gullies, drains,…