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Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.
February 2, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Seiveright: Corporate MoBay’s relentless pressure key to post-Melissa recovery

WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright, says sustained pressure from corporate Montego Bay was a critical factor in the rapid restoration…
Superintendent of Police Randy Sweeney delivers the divisional overview.
February 2, 2026 by Andre Williams

Church recognises St Andrew North Police for crime reduction

The St Andrew North Police Division has been recognised by the God Family Ministries International Church for its sustained reduction in crime. A special thanksgiving service, held last Sunday under…
Incoming packages undergo routine scanning by Jamaica Customs at a warehouse in Kingston.
February 2, 2026

Arriving bags to be scanned before claim under expanded border-protection plan

The Jamaica Customs Agency has announced plans to expand its non-intrusive inspection capacity at the nation’s airports, with the aim of ensuring that arriving passenger bags are scanned before…
Leaders of The genCARE Project are (from left) Dr Juliet Daniel of McMaster University, Dr Loydie Jerome-Majewska of McGill University, Dr Upton Allen of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)/University of Toronto, and Dr OmiSoore Dryden of Dalhousie U
February 2, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

Jamaicans lead major project to deliver better healthcare outcomes for black Canadians

A national groundbreaking project to provide genomic evidence for precision medicine for select chronic diseases among black people in Canada has been launched in Toronto. Its goal is to help create…
 Kareen Dennis (right), secretary of the JN Circle Linstead Chapter, presents breakfast supplies to Annette Steele, principal of Victoria Primary School.
February 2, 2026

Linstead school sees attendance boost following start of breakfast programme

A breakfast programme initiated by the JN Circle Linstead Chapter is reported to be having a measurable impact on student attendance and well-being at Victoria Primary School, a rural institution…
Bunny Wailer blesses the audience during his performance at a Bob Marley Birthday Bash at the MXIII Lawn in Negril in February 2009.
February 2, 2026

Trench Town festival to raise awareness for Wailers 50 project

Reggae lovers are looking forward to the Trench Town Culture Festival on February 4 at the Vin Lawrence Park on First Street in Trench Town. The event, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., will…
Nigerian musician and composer Fela Anikulapo Kuti performs on September 13, 1986 at the ‘Party of Humankind’ of the French Communist Party at La Courneuve in Paris, France.
February 2, 2026

Fela Kuti, Chaka Khan, Cher among Grammy Lifetime Achievement awardees

LOS ANGELES (AP): Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards on…
Sabrina Barnes (right) poses for a photo with Shellyann Weeks at the launch of the Period Panty pilot project at UWI, Mona.
February 2, 2026

Breaking barriers to menstrual equity

On January 22, Mary Seacole Hall at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus became the site of a groundbreaking step towards menstrual equity in Jamaica. The Period Panty Passion Project:…
Father Marlon Myers poses for a photo with some of the congregants.
February 2, 2026

From Ewarton to the high altar

Marlon Marlondo Myers was born into church. Not the casual, once-a-week kind, but the deep, lived-in kind where faith shapes your mornings, your evenings, and your sense of who you are. He grew up in…