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June 26, 2026
Fathers’ Cup engages hundreds in parenting, wellness push
About 1,100 people gathered at the Jamalco Sports Club in Clarendon on Saturday as the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) staged its inaugural Fathers’ Cup, engaging fathers through sport,…
June 26, 2026
Knutsford Express pushes into St Thomas at 20-year milestone
The Word’s 1988 recording, Two White Girls Pon a Minibus, may have played an inspirational role in the establishment of Knutsford Express in June 2006 but, at the 20th anniversary celebration at Drax…
June 26, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Supreme Court awards $15m to injured carpenter after state-operated ambulance put him in hospital
A Kingston carpenter who suffered brain damage and memory loss after he was knocked from his motorcycle by a state-operated ambulance has been awarded more than $15 million in damages by the Supreme…
June 26, 2026
Jamaica should play leadership role against drug trafficking
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel’s column, “Strengthening OAS-Jamaica Partnership in Addressing the Drug Problem,” provides a timely and important reminder facing Jamaica and the wider…
June 26, 2026
Letter of the Day | Is climate change becoming Jamaica’s greatest security threat?
THE EDITOR, Madam:
We rarely think of hurricanes, droughts, rising sea levels, or extreme heat as security threats. Yet one of the greatest threats to Jamaica’s stability may not come from…
June 26, 2026
Editorial | Reviewing PEP
The reported data, and the declarations of the island's education authorities, suggest that Jamaica’s grade-six students performed better in this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams.
For…
June 26, 2026
Kristen Gyles | The footballer dad
“Belgium’s Jeremy Doku plans to leave World Cup for birth of child”
This was one of the many headlines that started popping up within the sports media landscape last Sunday, on Father's Day.…
June 26, 2026
Peter Espeut | PEP placement ginnalship
The job of the JIS is to make the government look good. In these modern days of information management and control, where elections are won and lost on the quality of political propaganda, the…