Letters
24 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Strengthening devotional guidelines for schools
THE EDITOR, Madam: I welcome the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s revised October 2026 Guidelines on devotional exercises in public educational institutions.
24 Oct, 2026
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Recording the journey, not just the destination
THE EDITOR, Madam: Dr Garth Rattray’s column, ‘Aptitude, Attitude or Both’, published in The Sunday Gleaner of October 4, got me thinking about a part of Jamaican education that we rarely look at…
24 Oct, 2026
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That Five Miles tragedy
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to The Gleaner editorial on the Five Miles tragedy, and would like to extend condolences to the families of Corporal Trevoy Shaw and Constable Devoney…
23 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Why is NaRRA necessary?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Five weeks after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mobilised US$6 billon (J$950 billon) of reconstruction loans to be disbursed over four…
23 Oct, 2026
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Readers’ reactions
NWC applies for 51 per cent tariff increase Increase in cost for a commodity we’re hardly getting. I thought it was the government’s responsibility to put in the necessary infrastructure for us to…
23 Oct, 2026
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Protecting schools takes more than posting a guard
THE EDITOR, Madam: Recent school burglaries in western Jamaica raise a question: what protection can one person reasonably provide across an entire compound? On October 10, The Gleaner reported…
22 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Has the National Honour become a political reward?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Each year, the announcement of Jamaica’s National Honours and Awards should be an occasion for national pride as we recognise individuals whose contributions have made a meaningful…
22 Oct, 2026
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Proposed water tariff increase is unreasonable
THE EDITOR, Madam:
22 Oct, 2026
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What are the rules governing roadside enforcement at toll plazas?
THE EDITOR, Madam: On October 15, 2026, after passing through the Vineyards Toll Plaza in Bushy Park, St Catherine, while travelling towards Kingston, I was stopped by police officers who appeared…