Letters
December 19, 2025
Letter of the Day | Queer agenda undermines moral and spiritual fabric
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent launch of the Equality For All Foundation’s updated queer agenda highlights the group’s insistence on promoting values that contradict Jamaica’s moral and spiritual…
December 19, 2025
Rethinking the education process for today’s children
THE EDITOR, Madam: I read with great interest the absorbing article by Ruthlyn James in The Gleaner of Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in which she defined what student engagement assistants should be…
December 19, 2025
Children in media: To show or not to show their faces
THE EDITOR Madam: A man has reportedly been taken into custody after being intercepted with a six-year-old girl who was allegedly taken from her school in May Pen, Clarendon. While the swift…
December 18, 2025
Letter of the Day | A call for transparency, clarity, and public reassurance
Open letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions THE EDITOR, Madam: This open letter is written in the public interest and with full respect for the constitutional independence of your Office…
December 18, 2025
Can ...Jamaican leaders ever be reliably humane?
THE EDITOR, Madam: The letter from Fi We Children Foundation places a stark, necessary spotlight on Jamaica’s routine refusal of Haitian asylum seekers. It argues, correctly, that our current policy…
December 18, 2025
For us, carnival means work
THE EDITOR, Madam: As someone who works behind the scenes at major events, I feel compelled to speak up in defence of Jamaica’s carnival promoters and the thousands of workers who depend on these…
December 17, 2025
Letter of the Day | Reimagining the National Prayer Breakfast
THE EDITOR: Madam: The National Prayer Vigil remains one of Jamaica’s most meaningful spiritual traditions, and Christian churches deserve commendation for sustaining it faithfully over the years.…
December 17, 2025
Caribbean injustice – overreach and excess
THE EDITOR, Madam: The chief justice of Jamaica was recently spanked by its Court of Appeal for inappropriate behaviour that led to a conviction for murder being quashed. This is not abnormal in and…
December 18, 2025
by THE EDITOR
Madam:
Strongly object to decriminalising consensual sex between minors
THE EDITOR, Madam: I wish to register my strong objection to the suggestion that consensual sex between minors should not be treated as a criminal matter in Jamaica. Whatever the legal intention…