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February 15, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Most things can be fixed

Dawned on me while standing in my bathroom a few mornings ago that much of life is about fixing things: life is unstable. Not static. Existence is in a constant state of flux, change, and…
Some of the men who attended the Breakfast For Men event held at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew on Saturday, January 31.
February 15, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Boulevard Baptist Church hosts ‘Men’s Breakfast’

For more than 30 years, Boulevard Baptist Church, located at 20 Washington Boulevard in Kingston 20, has been hosting a ‘Breakfast for Men’ only on the last Saturday in January. This year’s iteration…
February 15, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Literal reading or literary reading

Hyperbole is used commonly, as a literary device in the Bible. This is where exaggerated speech is deliberately used to make a point in conveying a message. This is precisely the case in Matthew…
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February 15, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | Money matters shouldn’t cause worry

Have you been considering lately how to get a better handle on your money? If you’ve been following this current series, then you know that we’ve been discussing how to apply God’s principles to our…
February 15, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | Prayer does the impossible

Prayer is communicating with God, making your requests to God and receiving answers from Him. It is a two-way communication between man and God. God variously in the Bible encouraged us to commune…
Ven Patrick Cunningham, of St Luke’s church St Andrew, rubbed ash on the forehead of members on  Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, and the first day of Lent.
February 15, 2026 by Dudley McLean II

Lent, the talking serpent, and the courage to read scripture honestly

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent – forty days of disciplined preparation for Easter, not counting Sundays, which remain Feasts of the Resurrection. From the ashes traced on our foreheads, the…
Patrick Beckford
February 14, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora direction debate

The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former…
JPA President Nashá Patterson.
February 14, 2026

‘We need to find the students’

Jamaica Prefects’ Association (JPA) President Nashá Patterson is calling for urgent, coordinated action to locate and re-engage students who have stopped attending school following the passage of…
Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea.
February 14, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Twenty ‘Melissa’ victims still in Hanover shelters

Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were…