Letters
March 10, 2026
Grocery prices out of control
THE EDITOR, Madam: Filling a grocery bag in Jamaica is now a difficult task. It’s frightening that a tin of bully beef – the usual ‘quick-fix’ for the working class – is now a luxury item costing…
March 10, 2026
Healthcare apathy not helping women
THE EDITOR, Madam: The conversation about Jamaica’s declining birth rate often focuses on numbers, but behind those statistics are women who must consider having children. Several women have told me…
March 9, 2026
Letter of the Day | Our silence will not protect us
THE EDITOR, Madam:
March 9, 2026
Slap in the face of Caribbean solidarity
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica ended its nearly 50-year medical cooperation programme with Cuba, which raises serious concerns about the future of healthcare access and educational opportunity in our…
March 9, 2026
Time to pause, not celebrate confrontation in Iran
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter to the editor ‘Moral clarity on Iran’. Let me state clearly. You will not find many Muslims defending the authoritarian rule of Ayatollah…
March 7, 2026
Letter of the Day | How will the gap left by Cuban doctors be filled?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Few international partnerships have quietly shaped Jamaica’s healthcare system as profoundly as the medical cooperation programme with Cuba, which has now come to an end after…
March 7, 2026
Zimbabwe deserves better leadership!
THE EDITOR, Madam: Under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe continues to face deepening economic hardship that has forced thousands of its citizens to leave the country in…
March 7, 2026
Strengthen partnerships with Africa
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Gleaner’s editorial of Friday, March 6, ‘Partnering with Africa’, raises an important and timely issue for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.
March 7, 2026
When politics sends doctors home
THE EDITOR, Madam: For more than half a century, Cuban doctors have quietly helped hold together the fragile seams of Jamaica’s public health system. From rural clinics to busy emergency rooms, they…