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The destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa on a MegaMart store in Montego Bay.
February 27, 2026 by Cedric Stephens

Cedric Stephens | Risk and insurance: Solar panels, salvage rights, and the struggle for fair hurricane claims

Hurricane Melissa is healing my recurring ambivalence about writing this nearly three-decade-old column. The first sign that the process had started was an email from a leading environmentalist. The…
Business
February 27, 2026

Jamaica powers Excelerate Energy to record year, despite hurricane setback

Excelerate Energy delivered record financial results in 2025, with its Jamaican operations emerging as the single biggest driver for the US-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) company. The company…
Medical syringe and medicine.
February 27, 2026

Regulator orders drug divestment for $30-billion-plus insulin market

Acado Limited, a Caribbean joint venture, must sell the local distribution rights to one of its insulin brands by September 2026 — or lose the right to complete a landmark acquisition, according to a…
Shanique ‘Shanz the Book Fairy’ Sinclair, founder of the Book Fairy Festival, ahead of the festival’s upcoming July staging.
February 27, 2026 by Ruth

Book Fairy Festival to return bigger this July

As the annual Book Fairy Festival prepares for its latest staging from July 3 to 5, it promises to be a must-attend event for book lovers across Jamaica. Book Fairy Festival founder and curator…
TAPPININ, with Anthony Thomas aboard, wins the fifth race over five furlongs round at Caymanas Park on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
February 27, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Cookie Day N Night in Sunday’s feature

COOKIE DAY N NIGHT gets a pace to stalk and pounce in Sunday’s Omar Walker Trophy at five and a half furlongs after being used up and run off his legs from the one hole at seven and a half furlongs…
Jamaica’s Andrew Thelwell (right) attempts to get around Garvin Clarke of The Bahamas  during their FIBA World Cup Basketball Qualifier at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night.
February 27, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Narrow win for Bahamas

Jamaica’s senior men’s basketball team suffered a narrow 99-96 defeat to The Bahamas in the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night. The Jamaicans, known as…
February 27, 2026 by Andre Williams

Defence challenges cop’s account of 2018 operation

Proceedings in the trial of alleged Clansman Gang leader Tesha Miller and 24 co-accused intensified Thursday as the 11th prosecution witness, a detective inspector, continued under cross-examination…
Tottenham’s head coach Igor Tudor
February 27, 2026

Danger is real for Spurs as EPL relegation looms

LONDON (AP): What has been increasingly apparent to despairing Tottenham fans for some months is now suddenly clear for everyone: their team could genuinely be relegated from the English Premier…
Former US Ambassador Luis G. Moreno.
February 27, 2026 by Sashana Small

NO PENALTY THREAT

Former United States Ambassador to Jamaica Luis G. Moreno has dismissed as “silly” suggestions that Jamaica could face penalties from the US over Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ remarks on Cuba’s…