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February 22, 2026
Garth Rattray | Thoughts about the sugary drinks tax
The Government announced the introduction of a new Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages. It is expected to raise $10.1 billion during the 2026-2027 fiscal year.…
February 22, 2026
Patterson agonising over Cuba crisis
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the…
February 22, 2026
by Erica Virtue
‘Cuba not a threat to any country’
Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, had barely settled into Kingston when a new crisis erupted. Just weeks after her arrival on December 8 last year, United States President Donald…
February 22, 2026
Evo Morales reappears nearly seven weeks
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP): Bolivia’s long-serving socialist former leader, Evo Morales, reappeared Thursday in his political stronghold of the tropics after almost seven weeks of unexplained absence,…
February 22, 2026
Scientists change how El Niño is labelled to keep up with spike in temperature
WASHINGTON (AP): The natural El Niño cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists said. A new study calculated that an unusual recent twist in…
February 22, 2026
Sophia Forster | In space, no one can hear the pollution
When we hear people talk about “pollution,” we generally assume they’re talking about pollution on Earth. Slogans like “There is no Planet B,” “Go Green,” or “Save the Earth,” are meant to warn people…
February 22, 2026
Bulletins
In Friday’s trading session the following reflects the movement of the JSE Indices: - The JSE Combined Index closed at 351,347.00 and the volume traded amounted to 25,517,101 valued at…
February 22, 2026
Airports Authority to spend $9.5 billion upgrading airports as Hurricane Melissa fallout lingers
The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) plans to spend more on capital projects in the fiscal year ending 2027 than at any point since the pandemic as it works to modernise the country’s aviation…
February 22, 2026
Ramadan’s first Friday prayers held at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP): Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of…