Letters
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…
05 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Build engines of growth
THE EDITOR, Madam: It would be a great pity if the core of Dane Smith’s letter, published on September 30, was lost because of its BPO context. That context is important but, much more so, as well as…
05 Oct, 2026
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Do not extend school hours!
THE EDITOR, Madam: Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford recently shared on Smile Jamaica his belief that Jamaica’s education system needs to increase instructional time by an additional…
05 Oct, 2026
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Can we build faster without sacrificing quality?
THE EDITOR, Madam: “When will it be finished?” It is a question many people ask when they pass a construction site that seems to have been there for months. There is a question worth asking: When the…
03 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Strict gun laws must be balanced with common sense
THE EDITOR, Madam: Every well-thinking Jamaican desires strict gun laws and a murder-free Jamaica. However, this must not come at the expense of common sense. I am highlighting some real-life…
03 Oct, 2026
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The UN’s great contradiction
THE EDITOR, Madam: When formed in 1945 to replace the League of Nations after World War II, the objectives of the United Nations were to maintain international peace and security; to protect human…
03 Oct, 2026
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The need for AI safeguards
THE EDITOR, Madam: An AI agent employs autonomous software that utilises a large language model (LLM) as its ‘brain’ to reason, plan, and execute multi-step tasks. Standard AI agents underpin…
02 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Beware of the invisible camera!
THE EDITOR, Madam: Wearable cameras or smart glasses are rapidly moving from novelty to normality. Smart glasses can take photographs, record conversations, and interpret what the wearer sees.