Letters
December 23, 2025
What’s in a name?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Alex Haley’s TV series Roots casts his slavery re-enactment story around the renaming of an enslaved young man through cruel flogging. Kunta Kinte – called ‘Kunta’ by his parents…
December 23, 2025
More on desalination
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 22, 2025
Letter of the Day | Delroy Chuck and the long test of justice reform
THE EDITOR, Madam: Few public officials in modern Jamaica have served as long in a single portfolio as Justice Minister Delroy Chuck. Such longevity invites neither praise nor condemnation by…
December 22, 2025
Caribbean travel ban – Some more equal than others
THE EDITOR, Madam: It was recently announced by the United States administration that they have imposed travel bans against citizens of countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and…
December 22, 2025
Unheeded ‘Gulf Lesson’
THE EDITOR, Madam: The US has been involved with Venezuela since oil was discovered there about a century ago, and, for a time, major American companies controlled 98 per cent of the production.…
December 20, 2025
Letter of the Day | Our children deserve better
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the recent article “Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime”, which represents a troubling direction for a society already grappling with…
December 20, 2025
Cultivate culture of social responsibility
THE EDITOR, Madam: I wish to commend Mr Ronald Thwaites for his thought-provoking article in The Gleaner, dated December 15, titled ‘Why Civility Matters’. The article aptly highlights the absence of…
December 20, 2025
Meaningful dialogues on fertility are important
THE EDITOR, Madam: I recently watched a video in which the minister of health engaged members of the public, particularly men, in discussion about declining sperm counts and reduced rates of…
December 20, 2025
Reject JFJ’s recommendations
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent call by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors requires urgent scrutiny. While framed as a human rights issue, the proposal…