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Gabrielle Morrison (right) sings the theme song with other local and regional leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
February 23, 2026

SDA youth delegate proves young people have voice in Church

The issue of whether young people have a say in selecting top leaders for the Seventh-day Adventist Church was put to rest during the Fourth (Third Quinquennial) Session of the Jamaica Union…
(From left) Kemecia Chambers, Andrea Archibald, Diane McClune, Latoya Coleman-Morgan and Derrick Johnson are presented with certificates and gift baskets courtesy of Scotiabank and Carreras, honouring their outstanding service and leadership in the May Pen
February 23, 2026

May Pen celebrates community champions driving grassroots change

Five outstanding community leaders from May Pen, Clarendon, were recently recognised by Project STAR for their pivotal role in mobilising residents, building trust and strengthening participation in…
Shelly Brown
February 23, 2026

Law enforcement professionals upskilled on battling financial crimes

Twenty-five professionals drawn law-enforcement and related agencies have completed a pioneering course aimed at combating financial crimes. The Fundamentals of Countering Financial Crime is a…
Bad Bunny performs during his Debí Tirar Más Fotos tour in Mexico City in December 2025.
February 23, 2026

Big breakthrough for Bad Bunny in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP): While Bad Bunny has dominated global charts, the superstar has not had quite the same success in Brazil, a country notoriously hard for foreign stars to win over due to a devotion to…
Stephen Coore Jr (left) and Shiah Coore play with Third World at the Musical Tribute to their father.
February 23, 2026 by Nicola Cunningham

Musical tribute to Cat Coore brought out the crowd and reggae royalty

The general sentiment about ‘freeness’ is that it cannot be of a high standard, but those in attendance at last Friday’s concert honouring the late Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, can dispel that myth as the…
A general view of MOL’s Danube refinery which produces fuel from Russian crude oil in Százhalombatta, Hungary.
February 23, 2026

Hungary threatens to block fresh sanctions against Russia over oil deliveries

BUDAPEST (AP): Hungary threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume. The EU’s foreign…
Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a US aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, ‘If you sow the wind, you’ll reap the whirlwind,’ at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehr
February 23, 2026

University students hold protests around memorials for those killed

DUBAI (AP): New anti-government protests have begun in Iran, witnesses said Sunday, as university students in Tehran and another city demonstrated around memorials for thousands of people killed in a…
Local residents stand next to a damaged car at the site of a cross-border Pakistani army strike in the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.
February 23, 2026

Pakistan claims killing at least 70 militants in strikes

KABUL (AP): Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for…
February 23, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Illiteracy SOS?

“My salary is $150,000 monthly at the Infant School. I really love the children but I can’t stay there. I have a child with special needs and rent is $70,000 for one room since the storm. “Her…