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Former Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson
February 23, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Debt to Cuba

Retired former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is calling for African and European nations that have benefited from Cuba’s decades of international solidarity to now stand in support of the Caribbean…
Tania López Larroque, Cuba’s ambassador to Jamaica.
February 23, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Cuba running on empty

Cuba has been forced to shorten its workweek and scale back public services as a worsening fuel crisis, triggered by new United States (US) trade measures, places mounting pressure on the island’s…
Students labelling trees at Grand Palladium Resort.
February 23, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover students participate in plant-naming project

Western Bureau: Twenty-six students, five years old and under, from the Passion Basic School and Daycare in Johnson Town, Hanover, were given a first-hand experience in plant identification and naming…
From left: Tommy Clemenson, parent; Patricia Robinson-Jones, vice-principal; Ryan Wright, senior teacher; Zipping Chen, president of the Fujian Association of Jamaica and representative of the Chinese community; Dr Anthony Taylor, principal; Sheri-Kay Morr
February 23, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Chinese community gives $1m boost to hurricane-hit St Mary’s Prep

WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James has donated J$1 million to the Montpelier-based St Mary’s Preparatory and Kindergarten School, to assist with its rebuilding, having…
Dalrymple-Philibert
February 23, 2026

JPs urged to uphold integrity in passport, citizenship processes

WESTERN BUREAU: Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, the state minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, says justices of the peace (JPs) are required to play a critical role in…
(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…
Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director for Region 4.
February 23, 2026

Education ministry on hunt for 1,000 unaccounted-for students in Region 4

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Region 4, is intensifying efforts to locate approximately 1,000 students who remain unaccounted for following disruptions to the education…
Tania López Larroque, the new Cuban ambassador to Jamaica, speaking with The Sunday Gleaner last week.
February 22, 2026 by Erica Virtue

‘Cuba not a threat to any country’

Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, had barely settled into Kingston when a new crisis erupted. Just weeks after her arrival on December 8 last year, United States President Donald…
Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
February 22, 2026

Patterson agonising over Cuba crisis

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the…