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June 16, 2026
Movie Review | ‘Masters of the Universe’ does not have the power
Masters of the Universe might not know who its audience is. Sure, yes, perhaps “everyone” is the goal. Modern blockbusters are usually aiming for those golden four quadrants that might justify…
June 16, 2026
by Nicola A. Cunningham
Miss Universe Jamaica St Ann and St Mary queens on to national final
A cyber forensic examiner and ophthalmic dispenser took top honours at the Miss Universe Jamaica St Ann and St Mary coronation event on Sunday, June 7, at Lavender Moon Villas in Breadnut Hill, Ocho…
June 15, 2026
Erratic premium Route 320 service causing inconvenience to office-goers
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I am writing to bring to notice the continued failure to provide the Premium Route 320 bus service, which is scheduled to depart Cross Roads at 4:20 p.m. travel through New…
June 15, 2026
The overbearing burden of fatherhood in Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Fatherhood is often described as a journey of joy, pride, and responsibility. For me, becoming a father has been all of those things, but also a sobering lesson in the realities…
June 15, 2026
Letter of the Day | Lessons from Cox's Bazar and test of Jamaican conscience
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The June 13 Gleaner editorial, Lessons from Cox's Bazar, deserves commendation for elevating a discussion that is too often (cynically) reduced to questions of border control,…
June 15, 2026
Editorial | Oil and transport
Wayne Henry’s endorsement of the idea of work-from-home and other flexible and staggered work schedules to save fuel intuitively, and on the basis of past evidence, makes sense.
What Dr Henry and the…
June 15, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Choices matter
So, finally, there is public admission of what we all knew from daily experience: that the government is unable to meet the cost of good education for everyone.
What a deceitful charade this has…
June 15, 2026
Christopher Burgess | No land, no resilience
There is a risk that the opportunity presented by Hurricane Melissa to address land tenure, fragile housing, and their wider social consequences will be missed.
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’…
June 15, 2026
Jamaica-born Lolo Patricia Mgbenwelu launches ‘survival’ memoir to acclaim in Lagos
The autobiography of Lolo Betty Patricia Mgbenwelu, an 83-year-old Jamaica-born matriarch whose life has spanned continents, cultures, and one of the 20th century’s most devastating conflicts, was…