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February 15, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | Prayer does the impossible

Prayer is communicating with God, making your requests to God and receiving answers from Him. It is a two-way communication between man and God. God variously in the Bible encouraged us to commune…
Ven Patrick Cunningham, of St Luke’s church St Andrew, rubbed ash on the forehead of members on Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, and the first day of Lent.
February 15, 2026 by Dudley McLean II

Lent, the talking serpent, and the courage to read scripture honestly

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent – forty days of disciplined preparation for Easter, not counting Sundays, which remain Feasts of the Resurrection. From the ashes traced on our foreheads, the…
Patrick Beckford
February 14, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora direction debate

The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former…
JPA President Nashá Patterson.
February 14, 2026

‘We need to find the students’

Jamaica Prefects’ Association (JPA) President Nashá Patterson is calling for urgent, coordinated action to locate and re-engage students who have stopped attending school following the passage of…
Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea.
February 14, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Twenty ‘Melissa’ victims still in Hanover shelters

Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were…
Councillor Michael Allen, the councillor for the St James Municipal Corporation’s (StJMC) Somerton division, at the municipal corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday.
February 14, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

StJMC passes resolution for a Jimmy Cliff statue and museum

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the…
Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the acting operations officer for St James, addressing the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday.
February 14, 2026

St James councillors urged to engage their constituents in crime reduction

WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the acting operations officer for the St James Police Division, is urging the councillors at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC)…
February 14, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Fire Brigade’s Hanover branch appeals for end to crank calls

Western Bureau: Citing the strain on its limited resources, the Hanover branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging individuals making crank calls to its emergency number to end the practice…
Guest speakers who formed the Leadership Circle at the Torch Exchange Conference take questions from the audience during the mentoring session at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.
February 14, 2026 by Montel Gordon

Torch Exchange set to ignite new wave of black leadership

LONDON: A conference has been launched in Birmingham to address one of Britain’s most urgent challenges: strengthening black leadership pipelines across business, public service, and civic life.