Letters
12 Feb, 2026
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It is time to hold principals to a higher standard
THE EDITOR, Madam: A recent letter to The Gleaner’s editor penned by a Ms. Andrea O’Conner has brought into focus, a perennial problem that has exacerbated the dysfunction in too many of our schools.…
11 Feb, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Why Jamaica’s reforms keep failing
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent column by Jalil Dabdoub in The Gleaner, describing Jamaica’s culture of “joke ting governance,” powerfully names a problem many of us have long observed: the belief…
11 Feb, 2026
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India’s win
THE EDITOR, Madam: It seems that India has won the heart of the Trump Administration lately. The US government has surprisingly reduced India’s export tariffs of goods from a high of 50 percent to…
11 Feb, 2026
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Barbados, Jamaica and the cost of political culture
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent comparisons between Jamaica and Barbados have stirred discomfort, but discomfort is often the beginning of honest reflection. While some commentary may be blunt, the…
11 Feb, 2026
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My brother compensated the planter who enslaved our great-grandfather
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10 Feb, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Revisit the Vision 2030 gender sector plan
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in New Hope, Westmoreland, was in my view, an urgent call and ripe opportunity to build better future – in our relationships structures critical for…
10 Feb, 2026
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The Caribbean hubris
THE EDITOR, Madam: The classic example of hubris can be found in the Greek tale of Icarus who escaped his island prison with wings of wax and feathers that melted when he came too close to the sun…
10 Feb, 2026
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Provide subsidies to fast-food outlets
THE EDITOR, Madam: Fast food is fun food and such foods are relatively inexpensive, convenient and tasty. Minister Tufton, try as he may, will never succeed in getting fast food foodies to, over the…
09 Feb, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Speed needs systems, not shortcuts
THE EDITOR, Madam: T he Gleaner editorial, “Trash the rules, then” of Sunday, February 8, rightly defends the integrity of Jamaica’s procurement framework and highlights the dangers that arise when…