Letters
July 23, 2026
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…
July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
July 20, 2026
Letter of the Day | Kingston has a sanitation problem
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The deteriorating state of sanitation and the pervasive uncleanness of the streets of Kingston are matters of grave and urgent concern.
Compounding the issue of uncollected or…