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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…
A Water Arch ceremony was done to signify the starting of the flight route on the apron at the Norman Manley International Airport on November 7, 2022.
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…
Muslim worshippers offer prayer on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, February 20.
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…
In this 2018 photo Alpha Institute band members are seen performing at the Jamaica Best School Band competition.
February 22, 2026

Unsung echoes of excellence

From the heart of Kingston emerged a disciplined musical movement that would reverberate far beyond the city’s limits. What began under the guidance of the Sisters of Mercy as a vocational…
February 22, 2026

Ownership: The silent killer of compassion

Love, in its purest form, gives freedom. It does not control or claim ownership over people or situations. When love turns into possession, its fragrance begins to fade. When parents assume that their…
Displaced members of the Al-Zamli family break their fast on the first day of Ramadan inside their tent in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, February 18.
February 22, 2026

Jalil Dabdboub | Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose

“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” sang Kris Kristofferson. In conflict zones from Palestine to Sudan and the Congo, these words are a lived reality. When a people are…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams, addressing the House of Representatives.
February 22, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Can government collect?

So the “no new taxes” chorus has ended with Government projected to earn approximately $29.4 billion in fiscal year 2026/27 from new taxes. Surprise! NOT!! Last October 28, Jamaica suffered the most…
In this 2021 photo dead fish are seen in the Rio Cobre river.
February 22, 2026

Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | NEPA doesn’t have an image problem, but performance problem

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), along with other environmental advocates, was invited by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to attend a focus group meeting on January 27. The…
In this January 2024 photo people are seen taking photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
February 22, 2026

Dennis Minott | Study first: Navigating America’s campus culture wars

This year, hundreds of Caribbean students will board flights to the United States with scholarships secured, visas stamped, ambitions sharpened. They will go to study engineering, medicine, physics,…