Letters
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…
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…
April 16, 2026
Letter of the Day | The financial sector: striking the right balance
THE EDITOR, Madam:
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…
April 16, 2026
Fighting poverty with policy and purpose
THE EDITOR, Madam: “ Massive poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times – times in which the world boasts breathtaking advances in science, technology, industry, and…
April 15, 2026
Letter of the Day | Unfinished freedom: Why Jamaica must fully embrace black hair in schools
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write in response to The Gleaner news article, ‘Strands of Change’, which highlights an encouraging shift in school grooming policies across Jamaica. This development signals a…
April 15, 2026
Foreign wars, local casualties
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil transportation, plays a vital role in the world economy. Approximately 20 per cent of the world’s oil supply passes…
April 14, 2026
Letter of the Day | Manchester must choose peace over conflict
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent rise in murders in Manchester Parish should concern every resident of the parish. While statistics may show numbers increasing, the real issue is not just the figures,…
April 14, 2026
Highways have carried us far
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica’s expanding highway network has become one of the most transformative national investments of the past half-century. The devastation of Hurricane Melissa made this clearer.…