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Brian Anderson, president of the National Secondary Students’ Council.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Mental health can’t wait, warns NSSC

Some students come to school carrying more than books in their bags. They bring anxiety from sleepless nights, quiet grief they suppress, and fears they have learned to hide behind polite smiles. To…
Edwin Allen High’s Kelly Ann Carr.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Carr, Pitter shine at Youngster Goldsmith

Top high school athletes stepped up a notch at last Saturday’s 27th staging of the Youngster Goldsmith Classics inside the National Stadium, sending out strong messages ahead of next month’s…
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09 Feb, 2026 0

A friend in need

From left: Lloyd Parks, Jackie Jackson and Boris Gardner on stage after performing at JaRIA’s Reggae Wednesdays held at the Edna Manley College in Kingston.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Big bad basses ruled the night at Back to Bass-es

The event was titled Back to Bass-es, and, officially, it was a “historical moment because we come fi nice up di area” as bass player Lloyd Parks declared. Just imagine: six bad bass players - three…
Corey Bennett, head coach at Hydel High.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Hydel’s girls dominate middle-, long-distance events at Fervet meet

LED by Class Three athlete Oshea Cummings, who had double success, Hydel High’s girls dominated the middle- and long-distance events at Saturday’s Fervet Distance Carnival at the Ashenheim Stadium,…
09 Feb, 2026 0

To marry, or remain single: A modern-era dilemma

Marriage has long been accepted as a goal to which healthy individuals should aspire. This institution is perceived in many cultures as the moral path expected of individuals and couples in order to…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) attends a meeting at the headquarters of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Kim expected to issue major policy goals at party congress

SEOUL (AP): North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country’s state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign…
Co-founder of a café, Yana Bilym, 33, reacts in her inactive café because of Russia’s air attacks on the country’s energy system.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Businesses struggle to cope as Russian attacks bring power cuts, uncertainty

KYIV (AP): It is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro’s window pierces the darkness outside. On a wooden surface dusted…
Newly elected members of parliament at their swearing-in at Gordon House.
09 Feb, 2026 0

Lloyd Barnett | Impeachment: yes or no?

In the two previous articles in this series I dealt with cases in which the failure of members of parliament to perform their duties and discharge their responsibilities is in question and examined…