Sports journalist and broadcaster Donald Oliver has passed away I was not expecting this news. – @_romeko No sah me nuh think me a read right. OMG. This is sad. – @PrettyFace_SM Donald and I used to be scorers for church cricket matches while...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As closed 2025 filled with speeches, promises, dreams, challenges, and visions that at times seemed to whirl away like a sudden whirlwind, we pause to reflect. Even when our dawn felt distant, each ending carried within it the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write with a heavy yet hopeful heart in the wake of the devastating hurricane that has tested our nation. I understand the impulse to support churches as pillars of solace, community, and leadership in times of crisis....
THE EDITOR, Madam: Peace and peaceful coexistence must be the objective of every leader in CARICOM, indeed in the hemisphere. Peace is, in fact, the stated objective of every war. If that were not so, there would be perpetual fighting. The issue...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a Jamaican whose identity includes a complex weaving of Maroon resistance, Haitian tenacity, and East Indian ceremonial richness, I stand in hybrid vigour supporting The Gleaner’s December 27, editorial, ‘Preserving Jamaica’...
Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:06 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: At a NATO meeting in Brussels about three weeks before Christmas, Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada was contributing $250,000 into a fund for military capabilities to help Ukraine. Ms Anand proudly noted that...
Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:05 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is said that anticipations frequently provide more stimulus than their realisation. The joys and elations that accompanies expectation are often betrayed by the reality. New years, have long revved up the spirits of those...
Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:05 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing not just as an unemployed graduate, but as a Jamaican who did what our society consistently tells young people to do: get an education, improve yourself, and contribute meaningfully to national development. I hold...
THE EDITOR: Madam: As we step into a new year, a personal dream that the post-Hurricane Melissa rebuilding will move beyond roads, bridges, and houses to the reconstruction of the very values that shape who we are. Recovery must be both physical...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Two months after Hurricane Melissa, the post-cabinet press briefing reported that there are approximately 100 shelters still active, housing approximately 1,107 displaced persons. Efforts are being made to bring aid to those...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The BBC’s report on calls to halt the Church of England’s £100m fund addressing its historical links to slavery risks overlooking a crucial dimension of Anglican history beyond England. The funds in question are not abstract...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In the wake of Hurricane Melissa and the ongoing challenges with our electricity supply, more people are turning to solar power. Unfortunately, the rapid growth of the solar industry has also created an environment where too...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Caribbean is awash during the December festivities with messages from our leadership that do not reflect the reality of the homeless, the unemployed and poor finances. This year, those bon mots will vaporise into the New...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hardship is often seen as evidence of failure and unworthiness – especially when others with equal chances seem more positive and self-fulfilled than you. It may result in sharpened feelings of personal abjection. Hurricane...
THE EDITOR, Madam: ‘Tis the season to give and receive, right? The holiday season is often seen by some of us as a blessing, a burden and a curse. The gathering of family and friends, the giving of gifts to all, demands much from us. Perhaps you...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter ‘Many rivers to cross Jamaica’, published in The Gleaner on December 24. The phrase, many rivers to coss, was popularised by Jimmy Cliff as a song in 1969. The song portrays life’s...
Winsome Callum | Why electricity bills increased — and how volatility can be fixed The frustration is valid — timing matters, especially after a hurricane and heading into Christmas, when households and businesses are already stretched. Even if...
THE EDITOR, Madam: We join Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) in calling on legislators to introduce a narrowly defined statutory close-in-age defence to Jamaica’s sexual offences framework. Such a reform would ensure that no criminal offence arises...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica’s long-term stability and progress depend on whether policymakers remain connected to the people they serve. At this moment, the most urgent reform facing the country is the practice of listening. The new generation are...
Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:13 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels raises an important and timely concern about language, power, and identity in post-emancipation societies. His reference to Roots, adapted from the work of Alex Haley, is apt: the renaming of Kunta...
Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:12 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: Given the current disruptions to the schools that are still facilitating Hurricane Melissa victims, permanent and practical solutions must be found. In this era of climate challenges and climate change, and given that Jamaica...
Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:11 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: ‘Trump’s ‘oily’ reasoning is not entirely unreasonable, as it is ExxonMobil that added their technology to the raw material to create Venezuela’s wealth from oil in the finding and processing of the resource. Now America is...
Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:10 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaican governments do not wield the power people think it does. More than half of the expectations placed on it are beyond its control. The power lies with the two per cent who control 95 per cent of the economy. They...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Just a few years ago, I would have completely rejected the idea of using desalination plants for water supply but after reading Kristen Gyles thoughtful piece on the topic in The Gleaner on Friday, December 19, my thinking has...
