Letters
02 Oct, 2026
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Jamaica has a salary problem, but we keep calling it a cost-of-living problem This is true enuh, the wages paid to Jamaicans are abysmal compared to the cost of living. - @unbrash Only someone…
01 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | The PNP and the coming AI divide
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have a word of advice for the People’s National Party: artificial intelligence should become one of the major intellectual questions the party begins addressing now. Not simply…
01 Oct, 2026
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Beyond lip service on childhood cancer
THE EDITOR, Madam: By the time this letter reaches you, September, ‘Children’s Cancer Awareness Month’, will have passed. This letter is as much an attempt to prolong childhood cancer awareness as it…
01 Oct, 2026
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The Shanghai breakthrough: Why TVET and STEM are Jamaica’s true engines of economic growth
THE EDITOR, Madam: When news reached Jamaica last month that Brandon Brown had won a historic gold medal in optoelectronic technology at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, the nation felt…
30 Sep, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Jamaica must build new engines of growth
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent report that IBEX reduced its Jamaican workstations while expanding operations in the Philippines should cause us to examine the changing global BPO landscape and, more…
30 Sep, 2026
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Heartfelt condolences to the Wolmers’ Boys’ School family
An open letter of prayer to Wolmers’ Boys’ School THE EDITOR, Madam: To the parents, family, Principal Dwight Pennycooke, staff, students, and community of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, On behalf of…
30 Sep, 2026
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Find the courage to stand for Palestinian human rights
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write as a Canadian of Jamaican and Jewish heritage, carrying with me two histories that have profoundly shaped my understanding of injustice. For most of my life, I believed…
30 Sep, 2026
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The JFF at a crossroads
THE EDITOR, Madam: I cannot remember ever witnessing this at our National Stadium. The sparse crowd that had gathered began to leave and head to the exits while there were still about 10 minutes left…
29 Sep, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Resilience is measured at the speed of settlement
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to The Gleaner news report title, ‘Six in 10 tourism insurance claims still unresolved’, published on September 28. This should be read as more than…