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Some of the artistes who will be performing at the Lost in Time Festival on February 28 and March 1 get their photo ops with Entertainment Minister Olivia Grange (sixth from left) and sponsors during the launch on Thursday at the AC Hotel Kingston.
February 7, 2026 by Kenrick Morgan

Protoje makes up for lost year with two-day festival

This year marks the return of the highly anticipated Lost in Time Festival, which had its inaugural staging in 2023. Lost in Time, which is co-produced by reggae star, Protoje, will be returning as a…
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2025 Brithney Clarke, making her main address at the launch of her national project, Read. Speak. Lead. on January 27.
February 7, 2026

Festival Queen Brithney Clarke launches literacy project

At a time when many young people struggle to be heard, Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2025 Brithney Clarke is championing literacy as a pathway to voice and leadership through the launch of her ‘Read.…
Nahjae Nunes
February 7, 2026

Two Jamaicans among finalists for Commonwealth Youth Awards

Two Jamaicans are among four Caribbean nationals named as regional finalists for the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work, following a competitive selection process that…
Family and friends gathered in shades of purple at the funeral for Soleta Thomas, held at the East Queen Street Baptist Church on January 24.
February 7, 2026

Soleta Thomas remembered for quiet influence, professional excellence at JPS

Soleta Thomas was remembered on January 24 during her funeral service at East Queen Street Baptist Church in Kingston as a professional of rare steadiness and quiet influence — someone whose work…
February 7, 2026

Buy now, pay later

THE EDITOR, Madam: To eat, or not to eat, that is the question – whether it is more affordable in the pocket to eat the healthier foods and vegetables grown by local farmers or, to follow your heart…
Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change removes debris from a mangrove ecosystem in Parottee, St. Elizabeth, during clean-up activity marking World Wetlands Day on February 2.
February 8, 2026

Editorial | Preserving the wetlands

T he Gleaner welcomes the apparent urgency with which the Government is approaching the post-Hurricane Melissa rehabilitation of mangroves and wetlands degraded by the Category 5 storm that hit three…
Letters
February 7, 2026

Letter of the Day | Investor confidence and the case for the CCJ

THE EDITOR, Madam: The views expressed by A. J. Nicholson in his letter to the editor on Jamaica’s continued reliance on the Privy Council as its final appellate court raise serious and timely…
A local travels on public transportation through a gang-controlled area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, January 19, 2026.
February 7, 2026

Ronald Sanders | End of illusion in Haiti: What next?

February 7 matters in Haiti, not because it promises relief, but because it marks the end of an illusion. On that date, the mandate of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council expires. From its…
Letters
February 7, 2026

Bad roads putting burden on motorists in Portmore

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my deep frustration and concern regarding the deplorable state of the road network in and around Portmore. What was once promoted as a model urban centre…