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Letter of the Day | Preserve the best of PEP

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Ministry of Education has announced that the Grade 6 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination will again be administered in a modified format. While this decision must be praised for its sensitivity and responsiveness to the challenges that have plagued this cohort, the inclusion of the Mathematics and Language Arts Performance Tasks should be reinstated for future Grade 6 PEP examinations.

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07 Nov, 2026 0

Elitism undermining public institutions

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent commentary on workplace toxicity and the need for leadership training has highlighted a much bigger issue within some of government agencies and statutory bodies: the…
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07 Nov, 2026 0

Parliament must lead by example, not by noise

THE EDITOR, Madam: The scenes of Tuesday, November 3 in the Parliament when tempers reportedly came close to turning physical, should embarrass every one of us. Shouting, expletives and crude,…
Members of Parliament before at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament held on September 18, 2025 in Gordon House.
06 Nov, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | What would we tell a student who behaved this way?

THE EDITOR, Madam: When I saw and read that colleagues had to restrain Mikael Phillips during Tuesday’s exchange with Desmond McKenzie in the House of Representatives, I thought of the teacher who…
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06 Nov, 2026 0

Readers’ reactions

Morgan condemns Opposition MPs over Parliament fracas The slackness of this country and the indiscipline of the citizens. To see people here commenting who wrong from who is right. We should be…
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05 Nov, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | How will we vote?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Our Cuban brothers have suffered for many years under sanctions imposed by a far more powerful nation to the north, and, recently, those sanctions have intensified significantly.
05 Nov, 2026 0

We love a workplace jungle...

THE EDITOR, Madam: Entrepreneur Yaneek Page has recently been using her platform to shed light on the toxicity behind the cubicles many of us sit in every day. While some people were happy that…
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05 Nov, 2026 0

We need answers to the Cuba question

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaican Government insists that its decision to abstain, rather than vote in favour of ending the United States embargo on Cuba at the recent United Nations General Assembly,…
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04 Nov, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Together We Rise, a monument that heals

THE EDITOR, Madam: One year after Hurricane Melissa ravaged parts of western Jamaica, the 62-foot sculpture Together We Rise now stands courageously on Montego Bay’s Jimmy Cliff Boulevard.…
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04 Nov, 2026 0

We cannot afford to lose our boys to violence

THE EDITOR, Madam: The growing incidence of violence among students, particularly those resulting in serious bodily harm and loss of life, should concern every Jamaican. The recent fatal stabbing…