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January 11, 2026

Tributes pour in for Garner after nation’s highest award

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The tributes continued to flow freely and powerfully, just as one of his famed yorkers, as legendary West Indies fast bowler Joel ‘Big Bird’ Garner continues to bask after…
From left: David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Foundation committee members, Leighton ‘Fyah’ McKnight and Garth Pottinger, present a cheque for US$10,000 to principals, Dr Mark Smith and Michael Ellis of Munro College and Cornwall College, respectively.
January 11, 2026

Munro, Cornwall get big boost from Wagga Hunt Foundation

The David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Foundation (DWHF) presented cheques totalling US$10,000.00 to Munro College and Cornwall College. Both schools suffered major damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa…
Women atop a tractor support farmers as they protest at the Arc de Triomphe against the European Union's negotiations over the Mercosur trade deal with five South American nations.
January 11, 2026

Editorial | Navigating uncertainty

Modern economics used to treat uncertainty like bad weather. When recession threatened, uncertainty rose. When growth returned, it eased. During supply shocks or financial disruptions, you wait until…
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January 11, 2026

Garth Rattray | Stop HIV testing for work medicals

I was drawn to The Gleaner editorial of Saturday January 3, ‘HIV treatment at crossroads’. It outlined and went into depth regarding Dr Richard Amenyah’s warning that “some of the global gains against…
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January 11, 2026

Orville Taylor | Reality cheque: Monroe doctrine

Sunday cornmeal and peas, cooked with coconut milk. No chicken from the store or corner shop. The rooster, ‘Bigga’, was sacrificed to feed us. A beautiful Dominica fowl with black, white and grey…
January 11, 2026

Floyd Morris | Dementia, disability and development

Approximately 50 years ago, in the rustic rural community of Bailey’s Vale in St Mary, I was exposed to the frightening challenges of dementia. My grandmother was diagnosed with the disease that would…
Associate clinical psychologist Dorraine Young.
January 11, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

‘We’re just learning to make sex visible’

WESTERN BUREAU: Young people the world over are having significantly less sex than generations before them did at their age, multiple studies have shown. Sexual activity has been proven to affect…
Anna-Lisa Guthrie capped a breakthrough year defined by fearless material play, major milestones and a growing global gaze on her creations.
January 11, 2026

Four J’can women who conquered fashion in 2025

Four fascinating Jamaican women. One magnificent year of achievements. As Sunday Lifestyle looks back on the year that was, international designers Rachel Scott and Grace Wales Bonner, avant-garde…
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett shares his joy in announcing the collaboration of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival and the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival.
January 11, 2026

Blue Mountain Coffee Festival teams up with Ja Food and Drink Festival

Coffee has never been just a drink, so it felt perfectly fitting that on Blue Mountain Coffee Day, Jamaica chose to reimagine one of its most seductive exports not simply as something to sip but as…