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Edwin Allen High’s Kelly Ann Carr.
February 9, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Carr, Pitter shine at Youngster Goldsmith

Top high school athletes stepped up a notch at last Saturday’s 27th staging of the Youngster Goldsmith Classics inside the National Stadium, sending out strong messages ahead of next month’s…
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February 9, 2026

A friend in need

From left: Lloyd Parks, Jackie Jackson and Boris Gardner on stage after performing at JaRIA’s Reggae Wednesdays held at the Edna Manley College in Kingston.
February 9, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

Big bad basses ruled the night at Back to Bass-es

The event was titled Back to Bass-es, and, officially, it was a “historical moment because we come fi nice up di area” as bass player Lloyd Parks declared. Just imagine: six bad bass players - three…
Corey Bennett, head coach at Hydel High.
February 9, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Hydel’s girls dominate middle-, long-distance events at Fervet meet

LED by Class Three athlete Oshea Cummings, who had double success, Hydel High’s girls dominated the middle- and long-distance events at Saturday’s Fervet Distance Carnival at the Ashenheim Stadium,…
February 9, 2026 by Monica Dystant

To marry, or remain single: A modern-era dilemma

Marriage has long been accepted as a goal to which healthy individuals should aspire. This institution is perceived in many cultures as the moral path expected of individuals and couples in order to…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) attends a meeting at the headquarters of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea.
February 9, 2026

Kim expected to issue major policy goals at party congress

SEOUL (AP): North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country’s state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign…
Co-founder of a café, Yana Bilym, 33, reacts in her inactive café because of Russia’s air attacks on the country’s energy system.
February 9, 2026

Businesses struggle to cope as Russian attacks bring power cuts, uncertainty

KYIV (AP): It is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro’s window pierces the darkness outside. On a wooden surface dusted…
Newly elected members of parliament at their swearing-in at Gordon House.
February 9, 2026

Lloyd Barnett | Impeachment: yes or no?

In the two previous articles in this series I dealt with cases in which the failure of members of parliament to perform their duties and discharge their responsibilities is in question and examined…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
February 9, 2026

Top diplomat strikes a hard line on US talks, says Tehran’s power comes from saying no

DUBAI (AP): Iran’s top diplomat insisted Sunday that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers”, striking a maximalist position just after negotiations with the United…