Letters
December 9, 2025
Who is caring for traumatised students and teachers?
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica is confronting not only the physical destruction of schools but also a profound psychosocial crisis that has yet to be acknowledged in the…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | The long journey back
THE EDITOR, Madam: The suffering caused by Hurricane Melissa is real, and it runs deep. I am especially burdened by the plight of our children and the elderly. The displacement, trauma and…
December 9, 2025
Indiscipline on the roads: A symptom of moral decay
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write with deep concern about the overwhelming breakdown of discipline that now characterises the behaviour of many motorists on our roads – an alarming reflection of the wider…
December 9, 2025
A reality check on damage in schools
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent comments by Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon – expressing disbelief that schools repaired after Hurricane Beryl in 2024 were again severely damaged during…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
Overcome Melissa’s tragedies
THE EDITOR, Madam: The advent of Hurricane Melissa will remain etched in the annals of history and more so in the minds of all who experienced it firsthand all the way from Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba,…
December 9, 2025
Lines of frustration, aftermath of chaos
THE EDITOR, Madam: It has been over two weeks since Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica. And yet, the storm’s impact is far from over. Banks, automated teller machines, and remittance offices such…
December 9, 2025
Adolescent fertility doing well, but …
THE EDITOR, Madam: Between 2000 and 2020, Jamaica achieved the largest reduction in adolescent fertility rate (AFR) among Caribbean countries, 57.2 per cent. That is highly commendable. We started…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Hurricane Melissa exposed failure on land access and rural roads
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has has torn the veil from a national failure that stretches back to Independence on August 6, 1962. Successive governments have failed to address two…