THE EDITOR, Madam: In his keynote address to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council Roundtable during Jamaica Diaspora Week recently, Don Wehby, GraceKennedy’s chief executive officer, invited Jamaicans living overseas to ‘come a yuh yaad’. He was...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The St Ann Municipal Corporation has been in the news a lot lately about questionable expenses. The corporation offered a contract valued at J$47 million to sanitise the city, with funds from the Tourism Enhancement Fund. Until...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaican gangs continue to, literally and figuratively, get away with murder, while presenting a clear and present danger to the lives of decent, law-abiding, taxpaying, hard-working Jamaican citizens who strongly desire to live...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I recognised that the format of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Festival Song Competition has changed, to the detriment of the amateurs who should have been the basis of the competition. All of a sudden, seasoned...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I WOULD LIKE to honour Prof Bertram Oliver Fraser-Reid, who died at his home in North Carolina on May 25, at age 86. Fraser-Reid was born and grew up in North Manchester; his father was the principal of Bryce School, near...
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is adequately clear that Great Britain will be leaving the European Union on December 31, and its laws and commitments will, therefore, be subjected to greater reviews, amendments, and rescindments. Britain’s commitment to...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The regulated cannabis industry in Jamaica is a failed industry in terms of where we are today, but it can still be rescued and executed as an inclusionary income-generating enterprise for thousands of Jamaicans with a new...
THE EDITOR, Madam: On Saturday, June 13, The Gleaner published a piece that has weighed heavily on my heart. ‘What about us? – Principal, parent say children missing out on education in Bog Hole’ chronicles some of the challenges that a number of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Agriculture is the road to recovery for Jamaica, through and after the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to ensure that all the tools are provided to the farmers so that they benefit in every way. When the borders are reopened, the...
A LETTER to the Editor published on Saturday, June 13, 2020, referenced well-known businessman Adam Stewart. The inclusion of the reference in question was due to inadvertence and is regretted. What is well documented is that Mr Stewart is an...
THE EDITOR, Madam: MANY JAMAICANS overseas want to return home, tourists have been rescheduling trips, but many are confused based on the protocols announced over the past few weeks, which have been extremely confusing. Prime Minister Andrew...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM so deeply saddened by the passing of Mrs Shahine Robinson. Shahine was a gentle and kind soul, but fierce when it came to protecting the rights of the poor. No one could mistake her politeness for weakness. Humility,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent comments against Mr Adam Stewart by some parties in Jamaica are not only malicious, but totally unfounded, and it is a sad, sad thing to see that there are those who can so easily turn on a patriotic son of the soil...
THE EDITOR, Madam: WHAT’S THE difference between a human being and being human, you may ask. Well, various dictionaries give definitions of a human as “a person” or a “creature different from an animal” “a mortal”, and many others. The word ‘...
THE EDITOR, Madam: THIS POEM was written for my literature class during this year’s Black History Month at the Manchester Community College. I conducted a study on the great Jamaica Kincaid, only to realise that we have had similar experiences...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Queen Ifrica is right. There are numerous closeted racists in Jamaica who are bolstered and elevated by mentally enslaved Jamaicans. White Jamaicans continue to be a class onto themselves...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The flip-flopping of the Government of Jamaica on a serious policy issue such as the testing of tourists, especially after some guests have already booked their flights, and the logistics nightmare this will create will be...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I notice that in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in the United States, monuments giving glory to proponents of the slave trade in the New World are being torn down in England, the United States, and other places....
THE EDITOR, Madam: What a wonderful experience it is to be awakened every morning by the sound of clanging metal. It can only compare to the continued disturbance of banging metal throughout the day. We at home have no need of any other kind of...
THE EDITOR, Madam: There are anti-racism protests for the past two weeks across the world as people react to the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in America. It was really painful to watch a video with the police officer on George’s...
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE PROJECT of iconographic or symbolic decolonisation has a long history in the Caribbean. Part of that project involves erecting monuments to those who fought for Caribbean Freedom on the landscape. This explains the...
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica should remove all public monuments of colonial-era icons. Such objects represent robbery, oppression, deprivation, physical torture, mental suffering, gross inhumanity, and blatant immorality and, as...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I REMEMBER Sybil Francis very well for her gentle guidance, intuitive judgement, and social conscience, which she offered generously as a trustee of the Wolmer’s Trust in the 1970s when I was the very young trustee student...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaicans are currently living in what can be easily classified as the greatest challenge in the history of our education system. March 2020 saw the Government of Jamaica, like other world leaders, making the decision to close...
THE EDITOR, Madam: HAVING LISTENED to Prime Minister Andrew Holness press conference last week, I found it ironic to hear him castigating those on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for being critical of him in recent days as it relates to the...
