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Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Security and drug control collaboration between Jamaica and the Organization of American States (OAS) took the spotlight at a high-level dialogue in Washington, DC, hosted at the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the OAS at the Embassy of Jamaica....

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:08 AM

The Gleaner has unveiled a new-look website aimed at boosting the online experience of both readers and advertisers. With February 16, 2026 marking the 29th anniversary of the newspaper first going online, The Gleaner will today kick off a six-week...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Seven Caribbean nations recently lent varying levels of mechanical and electrical expertise to create the region’s first jointly built electric vehicle (EV). With participants drawn from Jamaica, Antigua, Belize, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:07 AM

Students from Haile Selassie High School in Kingston are among the first to benefit from a new mobile mental-health service that will support schools in zones of special operations (ZOSOs) as well as those in western Jamaica affected by Hurricane...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:07 AM

JMMB Money Transfer officially wrapped its Share the Love holiday promotion with a celebratory handover ceremony held at the JMMB Group Head Office in Kingston, where 20 winners received J$2 million in cash prizes. During the Share the Love...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:07 AM

The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) has welcomed the newly announced increase in the special consumption tax (SCT) on cigarettes. Effective May 1, the SCT charged per cigarette will rise from $17 to $20, a vital measure that directly...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:07 AM

Commonwealth law ministers, including Jamaican Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, adopted the Nadi Declaration to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in the face of mounting global pressures. The declaration was announced at the end of their...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:06 AM

Some 70 per cent of the student population of Roger Clarke High School in Balaclava, St Elizabeth have returned to classes following the recent donation of a generator by the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC). “It has helped to...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:06 AM

The Supreme Ventures Foundation has strengthened its support for Jamaica’s healthcare infrastructure with the donation and installation of a new air-conditioning unit at the National Chest Hospital Blood Bank. During a recent visit to the facility...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, says that for this year, his team would be paying greater attention to traffic management with a view to preventing the increasing number of traffic accidents, which has...

Published:Monday | February 16, 2026 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), says Jamaica’s regulated cannabis industry is gaining traction as with 196 licences issued since the framework was established, the...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:58 PM

The 28th staging of the Sagicor SIGMA Corporate Run surpassed $1 billion raised since its inception, with Sunday's event exceeding its target by raising $152 million for hurricane-ravaged beneficiaries. Held under the theme “Run for the West,”...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

Three additional solar energy community centres are to be established in fishing villages affected by Hurricane Melissa under a $9.2 million partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Australia....

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s been a growing push to create a new diagnosis, called profound autism, for those who need constant and lifelong care. The reason? To ensure that they get the support and services they need. Judith...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

West Indies notched its third straight win in Group C of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, thumping Nepal by nine wickets in Mumbai to secure a place in the Super 8 stage of the competition. West Indies had already beaten Scotland and England to take...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PM

The Associated Press: If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what’s local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don’t travel as far. It doesn’t get more local, organic...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PMLONDON (AP):

Love and bacon hovered in the air of the Smalley house one sunny morning when Annie, 7, came to breakfast. A “baconaholic”, according to her father, Annie spied the last remaining strips of the intoxicating salty meat on a plate. She could easily...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:58 PM

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 or pray to Him. In fact, the word of God said...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:58 PM

Have you been considering lately how to get a better handle on your money? If you’ve been following this current series, then you know that we’ve been discussing how to apply God’s principles to our finances to get better results. Many of us live...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:57 PM

Hyperbole is used commonly, as a literary device in the Bible. This is where exaggerated speech is deliberately used to make a point in conveying a message. This is precisely the case in Matthew 5:21-37. Some Christians are challenged with coming...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 1:00 PMDudley McLean II - Contributor

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 Church calls us into a season of self-...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PMPaul H. Williams - Gleaner Writer

For more than 30 years, Boulevard Baptist Church, located at 20 Washington Boulevard in Kingston 20, has been hosting a ‘Breakfast for Men’ only on the last Saturday in January. This year’s iteration took place on Saturday, January 31, and it was a...

Published:Sunday | February 15, 2026 | 12:59 PM

Dawned on me while standing in my bathroom a few mornings ago that much of life is about fixing things: life is unstable. Not static. Existence is in a constant state of flux, change, and unpredictability. Life is characterized by impermanence,...

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 5:56 PM

(CMC) - West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein has promised that the regional team will not drop its guard when they come up against minnows Nepal in their crucial ICC Men’s T20 World Cup contest on Sunday. The unbeaten Windies sit atop Group...

Published:Saturday | February 14, 2026 | 2:59 PM

Police in Rockfort, eastern Kingston, seized an AK-47 rifle and nearly 300 rounds of assorted ammunition during an operation on Friday evening. No arrest has been made. Reports are that about 5:50 p.m. on Friday, a team of officers carried out a...

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