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Letter of the Day|Does our political class still remembers its primary objective?

THE EDITOR, Madam: There is an old management principle: when an organisation loses sight of its objective, every activity begins to look like progress. The current political storm over the alleged…
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Africa CDC calls for urgent review of US Ebola-related entry restrictions on Uganda

Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (https://AfricaCDC.org/), has formally called on the United States Government to urgently review and remove…
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Time to clean up MoBay

THE EDITOR, Madam: Months have passed since Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica and, although the headlines have faded, the scars remain. Drive through Montego Bay and neighbouring communities…
Letters
July 22, 2026

Letter of the Day | Reparations is, in law, a defamation case

THE EDITOR, Madam: This month, in a Kingston courtroom, the defamation suit that had shadowed Minister Daryl Vaz for the better part of four decades was resolved. The man who spread the falsehood…
Letters
July 22, 2026

Jamaican contractors can deliver at scale ... If we plan better and pay on time

THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaicans often hear that there are too few contractors to carry out large road construction and maintenance programmes. While the number of contractors is important, it is not the…
Letters
July 22, 2026

Strengthening Jamaica’s integrity framework

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Gleaner’s July 16 headline, ‘IC Faces Fresh Lawsuit’, should concern Jamaicans who value good governance, regardless of political persuasion. While the courts will determine…
Letters
July 21, 2026

Letter of the Day | EIA regulations must do more than formalise the current system

THE EDITOR, Madam: In response to the Jamaica Environment Trust’s (JET) submission on the proposed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, Minister Matthew Samuda, made three main points…
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July 21, 2026

Gully and Gaza made peace. Did Jamaica?

THE EDITOR, Madam: For years, Gully and Gaza represented one of the most influential rivalries in Jamaican dancehall. Today, the two artistes have recorded music together. Vybz Kartel and Mavado…