Lead Stories

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…
Jace Pinnock
February 22, 2026 by Andre Williams

‘Baby blood dem a hunt’

The blood had dried stiff against the tiny waistband of the undergarment one would struggle to believe was all white, but at least two bullet holes were very much visible as a reminder of the…
Right: STETHS Principal Keith Wellington.
February 22, 2026 by Karen Madden

Route design, not dancehall

Two rural principals are pushing back against the Ministry of Education’s explanation for sluggish uptake in the Government’s rural school bus programme – and they say the main problem is route…
Kadiesh Jarrett-Fletcher and her son, Caleb.
February 22, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Deferred no more

Told as a teenager that studying law was beyond her family’s means, Kadeish Jarrett-Fletcher quietly set the dream aside. Nearly two decades later, the Court Administration Division executive has…
US President Donald Trump (left) and John Mahfood.
February 21, 2026 by Lester Hinds

No instant relief

Jamaican Teas CEO John Mahfood, while welcoming the United States (US) Supreme Court’s decision to strike down tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration, has warned that he does not…
Michael’s hand shows the lingering effects of chemical overexposure, even after the worst of the flare-up has subsided.
February 21, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Expert warns misuse of bleach can damage skin, cause fatal poisoning

For many Jamaicans, bleach is a trusted household staple used to clean kitchens, disinfect surfaces, and even treat water in times of emergency. But improper use, especially without correct dilution…
Nickeisha Black before she was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer.
February 21, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Mom of 3 battles cancer and impact of Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Nickeisha Black, a 34-year-old mother of three young children, who resides in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, has been fighting a hard battle with Stage-3 colorectal cancer since 2024, and…
February 21, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Babymother denies Allen, friends were gunmen, gangsters

The mother of Mark Allen’s daughter yesterday firmly denied that he and one of his friends, who were killed alongside him in January 2013, were gunmen, rejecting defence suggestions that they were…