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February 20, 2026
We’re committed to performing on the biggest stage – Hope
KOLKATA, India (CMC): West Indies captain Shai Hope has given the assurance that his team is fully locked in as they bid to lift the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for an unprecedented third time. The…
February 20, 2026
PBS posts profit drop after US$6-million Costa Rica charges
Productive Business Solutions Ltd (PBS), a regional technology distributor listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, reported a 36 per cent decline in full-year profit after absorbing more than US$6…
February 20, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Unsound minds cannot be left to roam the streets
Jamaica is experiencing far too many fatal incidents involving persons of unsound mind. Even one case would be too many, but it is alarming how often lives are lost due to the actions of unsupervised…
February 20, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Brainerd mum marks 100 years of resilience and family
Reaching 100 is achievement enough; doing so after blindness, cancer and COVID-19 is rather more impressive. Wedie May “Mum” Howell, born in 1926 and long the quiet centre of life in Brainerd…
February 20, 2026
Jamaican models shine at NYFW
New York Fashion Week’s (NYFW) Day 3, 4 and 5 saw a bountiful showcase of Jamaican models across The Big Apple for designers’ fall 2026 ready-to-wear runway collections. The quartet of SAINT…
February 20, 2026
Stanley Motta faces vacant floors but profit triples on property gains
Stanley Motta Limited, the Kingston-based commercial landlord, said a prospective tenant that had signed a letter of intent declined to proceed, leaving three floors in its recently completed…
February 20, 2026
Man from the future fights AI apocalypse in ‘Good Luck’
In Gore Verbinski’s absurdist AI sci-fi satire Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a strange unnamed man (Sam Rockwell) steps into a Los Angeles diner and declares that he’s from the future. “All of this…
February 20, 2026
Peter Espeut | From holy days to holidays
Wednesday, February 18 – Ash Wednesday – was a public holiday in Protestant Jamaica, but not in Catholic Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Ash Wednesday is the opening act in the penitential season of…
February 20, 2026
Marlin Way killing opens up mental health debate
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I read the story of the killing of a woman by her son and the wounding of his sister, I recalled my own brother’s ordeal, who suffered from mental illness. It brings back to…