Letters
July 24, 2026
Letter of the Day | Schools’ Challenge Quiz shaped Stephen Francis’ career
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since his recent passing, some of us have asked the question: how did attending Wolmer’s Boys’ School, making four straight finals, and winning three seasons of the Schools’…
July 24, 2026
Readers’ reactions
Post offices to be upgraded to government service centres I relish the day when Jamaicans don’t have to go to a post office to check for mails. Digitise the system or improve community…
July 23, 2026
Sovereignty needs to be accountable
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Police Civilian Oversight Authority’s (PCOA’s) findings on nine Area 3 lock-ups should disturb everyone who believes that punishment must remain subject to human dignity. Only…
July 24, 2026
Letter of the Day|Does our political class still remember its primary objective?
THE EDITOR, Madam: There is an old management principle: when an organisation loses sight of its objective, every activity begins to look like progress. The current political storm over the alleged…
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…