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February 3, 2026
Immigration Corner | Can I travel?
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington I’ve travelled on my visitor’s visa three times. The first time I spent three months, the second time three weeks, and the third time I went up to have a baby and I spent…
February 2, 2026
by Livern Barrett
School flunks at caring for Child
A teacher’s failure to intervene in a verbal dispute between two Norman Manley High School (NMHS) students, before it turned physical and left one of them bloodied and missing a tooth, is a “clear…
February 2, 2026
by Corey Robinson
Risky business
More than 60 per cent of Jamaican men are having sexual intercourse with multiple partners, according to a study on males’ sexual practices which also suggests that droves of them are engaging in…
February 2, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Bennett-Cooper urges public education on bill to blot out criminal convictions
Government Senator Rose Bennett-Cooper has called for the administration to roll out a comprehensive public education exercise to inform Jamaicans with old, non-custodial convictions on how to have…
February 9, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Let’s divert children from lottery scamming – DCP Bailey
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Deputy Commis-sioner of Police Fitz Bailey is suggesting that more resources and attention be given to diverting children from getting involved in the illicit lottery scam. He…
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…
February 2, 2026
by Karen Madden
Hundreds of students still learning in borrowed space
Five hundred and eighty-three students remain temporarily relocated to other schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which lashed Jamaica in October last year. The Category-5 hurricane was…
February 9, 2026
UK’s approach to Caribbean post-Brexit
There have been several articles in the regional press in recent weeks speculating about the United Kingdom’s relationship with the Caribbean after leaving the European Union (EU) scheduled for…
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…