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28 May, 2026
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Montego Bay will return stronger, says Epstein
Following Montego Bay United’s disappointing fourth-place finish in this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL), chairman Yoni Epstein has vowed that the club will return stronger next season as they…
28 May, 2026
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‘Sky is the limit’ for JWPL - JWPL organisers and players praise JWPL progress
As the grand finale for the 2026 Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) season draws near, players and organisers alike have sung praises for the league’s operations in its second staging since its…
28 May, 2026
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READERS’ REACTIONS - Editorial | New front in Patois debate
This debate in Jamaica’s Parliament is ironic. An MP was reprimanded for speaking Jamaican Patois, yet even the Speaker’s correction was in Patois: “Shi kno betta” instead of “she knows better."…
28 May, 2026
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Taking a cue from Bananarama
On May 25 Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters that Premier Danielle Smith’s referendum question on whether to hold a vote to separate her province of Alberta from Canada, was a “dangerous…
28 May, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Hurricane Melissa’s forgotten victims: Jamaica’s working children
It has been seven months since Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 hurricane hit Jamaica, stripped hillsides bare, destroyed forests and coastlines, and, even more painfully, disrupted the mental health…
28 May, 2026
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Editorial | CARICOM’s free movement
It obviously doesn’t have the same weight as the labour mobility pact between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
However, this week’s agreement between Barbados and Guyana…
28 May, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Free 15-point customer service training manual
Few topics unite Jamaicans like complaints about customer service. Whether it is having to spend half the day waiting in several lines at a government office, being ignored in a restaurant, or getting…
28 May, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Abolishing the age of consent
It is my view that the effort to enact a close-in-age exception to the Sexual Offences Act will lead to the effective abolition of the age of consent for sexual intercourse.
The Gleaner in its…
28 May, 2026
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Flood-damaged Lethe navigates life after ‘Melissa’
Almost seven months after Hurricane Melissa carved a destructive path through western Jamaica, life is gradually returning to normal at Lethe Primary and Infant School, where recovery efforts continue…