Letters
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Reforming public procurement
THE EDITOR, Madam: Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill recently renewed calls for amendments to Jamaica’s Public Procurement Act, citing inefficiencies caused by…
December 9, 2025
Integration or disintegration?
THE EDITOR, Madam: While overseas, I was pleased to learn that Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have opened their borders to free movement and trade. This bold move…
December 9, 2025
Lauding the Joan Duncan Foundation’s ‘steadfast support’
THE EDITOR, Madam: This morning, I felt compelled to publicly express my deep appreciation to the Joan Duncan Foundation of JMMB for its quiet yet unwavering commitment to the Child Resiliency…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Caribbean justice - delayed and denied
THE EDITOR, Madam: The wires have been singing lately about the appointments of well-regarded Caribbean jurists to international bodies. They, like Bob Marley, often see minimal regard at home for…
December 9, 2025
Get rid of municipal corporations
THE EDITOR, Madam: Mr John Mahfood, former president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, has called for cuts to the size of the public-sector workforce as a way of reducing the…
December 9, 2025
One door to be shut, another kept ajar
THE EDITOR, Madam: Our Reggae Boyz are in pole position for qualification for the 2026 World Cup Finals, and the collection of players which has been assembled over the last few years is finally…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Restore Vale Royal, restore trust
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Follow Jesus’ teachings to deal with hopelessness
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is ironical that a person who commits a suicide is someone who believes in life, and happiness. No one comes into this world with a doom-and-gloom state of mind about the…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica’s demographic winter: a crisis ignored
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica is quietly sleepwalking into a demographic winter, a chilling reality that threatens not only our population numbers, but the very soul of our culture, productivity, and…