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February 8, 2026
Japan snowboarders finally strike at Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP): Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata led a Japanese gold and silver medal grab in men’s big air yesterday, underlining the growing dominance of their country in snowboarding at the Winter…
February 8, 2026
Editorial | Trash the rules, then
The urgency imposed by post-storm relief notwithstanding, there was nothing inevitable about the breach of the Government’s procurement rules, as identified by the auditor general in her real-time…
February 8, 2026
Xinyu Addae-Lee | Hybrid public-private model for adoption: A strategic response to systemic delays
Jamaica’s adoption system is at a pivotal moment. The recent CAPRI report, Home Advantage: Reforming Jamaica’s Adoption System, provides a comprehensive diagnosis of the structural barriers preventing…
February 8, 2026
Garth Rattray | Don’t allow fear to kill you
The feeling of fear is perfectly natural. It is hardwired into our nervous system as a protective measure. It’s an unpleasant subjective emotional state arising in response to perceived dangers or…
February 8, 2026
Orville Taylor | Black history
Yesterday was 100 years since American ‘Blackademic’ Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) initiated the celebration of Negro History Week (NHW). Not a…
February 8, 2026
Ruthlyn James | Jamaica’s early childhood paradox
Long before early childhood education became global jargon, Jamaica understood that learning does not begin at primary school. Community-based basic schools laid the foundation for generations of…
February 8, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Dangerous precedent
Accountability advocates are warning that accepting good intentions as justification for breaching procurement laws could undermine Jamaica’s system of public administration, following an auditor…
February 8, 2026
by Luke Douglas
Dr Reddy’s pharmaceutical brand exporting to oil-rich territories in region
Indian pharmaceutical brand Dr Reddy’s Laboratories shipped its first batch of exports from Jamaica to Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana valued at some US$300,000 - about J$50 million.
February 8, 2026
Dennis Minott | Jamaica is courting an educational depression – and the clock is ticking
The Gleaner’s recent editorial on restoring education ought to trouble every Jamaican who claims to care about the country’s future. The attendance figures it reports are not merely disappointing;…