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February 1, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | Money Matters Pt. 1

Today we start a new series on one of the most important issues we will face in this life – money. It is astounding when we consider the effect that money has on our lives. Problems surrounding…
The seder plate.
February 1, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | I will pass through Egypt

One of the most powerful and most dramatic deliverances in the bible and in human history is the miraculous, commando-style rescue of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. The Israelites…
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin
February 1, 2026

Yaakov Raskin | How to know you’re on the right path

This week’s Torah reading brings us to one of the most dramatic and revealing moments in the entire Biblical narrative. The Jewish people just left Egypt after centuries of slavery. They’re getting…
Floyd Green, minister of agriculture and prosecution witness.
January 31, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I did not see’

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green yesterday admitted in the Home Circuit Court that, while he witnessed parts of a 2013 police operation along Acadia Drive, St Andrew, he did not see the actual killing…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
January 31, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Johnson Smith touts Jamaica as ‘place to be’ for int’l investors

PANAMA CITY, Panama: Jamaica’s foreign minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has issued a clarion call to international investors to partner in the strategic redevelopment of the island’s western…
Patrick Hylton, the new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), addressing a press briefing and official introduction at the PSOJ’s head office in St Andrew on Thursday.
January 31, 2026

Former banker Patrick Hylton to bat for small business as PSOJ head

Having spent years at the helm of Jamaica’s largest financial institution, new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Patrick Hylton says he will use his experience to pave the…
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck (left) and St James Custos Bishop Conrad Pitkin (right) present the commissioning documents and seal of justice of the peace (JP) to The Gleaner’s Albert Ferguson during a commissioning ceremony fo
January 31, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

‘Don’t witness signatures you don’t know’

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is warning justices of the peace (JPs) not to witness signatures being made by people they do not know, or they might land…
Customs Officer Earl Rayson (right) presents an undisclosed financial donation to Reverend Michael Hammond for the ministries of the First Church of the Open Bible.
January 31, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Wint urges church to pray for Customs officers’ integrity under pressure

WESTERN BUREAU: Howard Wint, the senior director of operations in the western section of the Jamaica Customs Agency, has called for the church to pray for customs officers, particularly for integrity,…
Tiana Dinham the 2026 Rhodes Scholar
February 2, 2026

Rhodes Scholar leads rainwater harvesting project in Hanover

Tiana Dinham, Jamaica’s 2026 Rhodes Scholar, has turned her long-standing focus on water security into a practical intervention: a rainwater-harvesting scheme in rural Hanover that trains residents in…