Letters
April 20, 2026
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…
April 20, 2026
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…
April 20, 2026
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: