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Letter of the Day | Access to clean water is a necessity

THE EDITOR, Madam: There are deeper issues that lie in the lack of access to clean, potable water in sufficient quantities to meet household needs. Many communities have no reliable indoor plumbing or even nearby wells to facilitate cleaning, washing, or essential daily hygiene.

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Published 23 hours ago

Integrity and Ja’s moral imperative

THE EDITOR, Madam: Dr Dennis Minott’s reflection in In Focus, The Sunday Gleaner column on “software of integrity” is both timely and necessary. His framing of Jamaica’s development challenge as a…
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Published 23 hours ago

Respect, preserve heritage sites

THE EDITOR, Madam: World Heritage Day was observed on April 18. The day is officially known as the International Day for Museums and Sites and bears witness to the cultural legacy passed down through…
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April 18, 2026

Letter of the Day | Oil and the windfall problem

THE EDITOR, Madam: In 2018, Trinidad and Tobago shut down Petrotrin. The state oil company had been the spine of the economy for decades, employing thousands, underwriting a standard of living that…
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April 18, 2026

Why is religious education not part of teacher training?

THE EDITOR, Madam: My question is: “Why are the Teachers’ Colleges not offering Religious Education as part of their Teacher-Training Curricula or Programme”? I am a past student of Shortwood…
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April 18, 2026

Patterson’s enduring voice of clarity and Caribbean leadership

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write in strong support of your recent Gleaner editorial endorsing the prescriptions advanced by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on the future of CARICOM. At a time when the…
A UAE navy ship sails next to a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.
April 17, 2026

Letter of the Day | Climate change: A sense of proportion

THE EDITOR, Madam: I will draw attention to the fact that the perpetual melodrama of Donald Trump’s wars and other blunders blots out practically everything else on the news horizon. However, he is…
US Vice President JD Vance, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
April 17, 2026

Flush to a different plumber

THE EDITOR, Madam: Those of us who follow geopolitics can recall when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary Of State over 50 years ago, and flew back and forth between Israel and Egypt talking to both…
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April 16, 2026

Letter of the Day | The financial sector: striking the right balance

THE EDITOR, Madam:
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April 16, 2026

The UN and its Security Council are becoming irrelevant

THE EDITOR, Madam: The United Nations and its Security Council are becoming increasingly irrelevant – not because the founding idea has failed, but because its most powerful members have. They…