Letters
January 2, 2026
Letter of the Day | Let’s rebuild and rise together stronger in 2026
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…
January 2, 2026
Readers’ reactions
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…
January 1, 2026
Letter of the Day | Living tapestry: A manifesto for cultural resilience
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…
January 1, 2026
Peaceful coexistence should be CARICOM’s objective
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…
January 1, 2026
Objection to $75m for rebuilding churches
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,…
December 31, 2025
Letter of the Day | Punished for being educated
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…
December 31, 2025
‘Charity begins at home’ should be Canada’s New Year’s resolution
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…
December 31, 2025
What is going to change in the new year?
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…
December 30, 2025
Letter of the Day | When gold turns yellow, national pride and value fade
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…