Letters
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Let’s open our doors to fellow Jamaicans in need
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent hurricane has left a devastating impact across western Jamaica – particularly in Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, St James, Trelawny, and Hanover. Thousands of homes have…
December 9, 2025
Doing the right thing
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has passed but her impact remains etched into our lives (and will be for eons to come) – in the broken homes, the grieving hearts, and the quiet resilience of…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Let us emulate Cayman’s example of national unity
THE EDITOR, Madam: In a remarkable act of solidarity and national unity, the Premier of the Cayman Islands, André Ebanks, and Opposition Leader, Joey Hew, jointly arrived in Jamaica on the first…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
Gov’t’s slow response to Hurricane Melissa
THE EDITOR, Madam: I must express my disappointment with how the Government of Jamaica has been handling the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. From the earliest forecasts issued by the Meteorological…
December 9, 2025
A call for climate justice
THE EDITOR, Madam: We, representatives of 43 civil society groups and concerned individuals from across Jamaica, issue this statement in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Protect worker wages in the wake of Hurricane Melissa
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa didn’t just topple trees and flood communities, it has also washed away days of hard-earned pay for thousands of workers who depend on a weekly income to survive.…
December 9, 2025
Build more climate-resilient houses
THE EDITOR, Madam: In light of the devastating passage of Hurricane Melissa and the likelihood of stronger hurricanes, building modular houses for people living in flood-prone areas should be…
December 9, 2025
Battered sanctuaries shouldn’t shake people’s faith in God
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Sunday Gleaner story of November 2, of church buildings battered by Melissa reminded me of the verse from 1 Peter 4:17 “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the…