Letters
08 Oct, 2026
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Still no pension benefits ...
THE EDITOR, Madam: A retired public servant made his first enquiries to the government ministry where he worked for many years before submitting a pension claim in the latter part of 2022. After…
08 Oct, 2026
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Finding common ground on Miss Lou and Bob Marley
THE EDITOR, Madam: October has returned, bringing observances such as Heritage Week and National Heroes Day. As usual, discussions will focus on Louise Bennett-Coverley, OM, and Robert Nesta Marley,…
07 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | NaRRa’s $120-million office bill is an insult to taxpayers
THE EDITOR, Madam: If reports are accurate that the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) is set to spend $120 million a year renting office space at Digicel, the Government owes…
07 Oct, 2026
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Build gates in Jamaica’s payment firewall
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am a Jamaican creative, consultant, and writer. Some of my clients are in the United States. We have embraced the promise of globalisation and the call to think globally while…
07 Oct, 2026
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Answering Warmington’s question
THE EDITOR, Madam: Recently, Everald Warmington, in his usual provocative way, asked a question that made many people uncomfortable: If Africans sold other Africans into slavery, why does Jamaica…
06 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Speak out against corruption!
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing in support of Dr Dwayne Vernon’s commentary, ‘Trust deficit: Corruption, good governance and the way forward’. His central warning is correct: corruption corrodes the…
06 Oct, 2026
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Teachers deserve fair compensation
THE EDITOR, Madam: The continued failure of the government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) to reach a satisfactory wage settlement raises serious concerns about how educators are valued…
06 Oct, 2026
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Let’s not get tone deaf to killings
THE EDITOR, Madam: The aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy case, with some women in the United States now insisting that they have the right to kill their children, reminded me of an incident that Os…
06 Oct, 2026
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High school sports has lost its purpose
THE EDITOR, Madam: Gone are the days when children from the same neighbourhood, who ended up attending different high schools, could have good-natured conversations about which school was better at…