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Stephen Coore Jr (left) and Shiah Coore play with Third World at the Musical Tribute to their father.
February 23, 2026 by Nicola Cunningham

Musical tribute to Cat Coore brought out the crowd and reggae royalty

The general sentiment about ‘freeness’ is that it cannot be of a high standard, but those in attendance at last Friday’s concert honouring the late Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, can dispel that myth as the…
A general view of MOL’s Danube refinery which produces fuel from Russian crude oil in Százhalombatta, Hungary.
February 23, 2026

Hungary threatens to block fresh sanctions against Russia over oil deliveries

BUDAPEST (AP): Hungary threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume. The EU’s foreign…
Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a US aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, ‘If you sow the wind, you’ll reap the whirlwind,’ at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehr
February 23, 2026

University students hold protests around memorials for those killed

DUBAI (AP): New anti-government protests have begun in Iran, witnesses said Sunday, as university students in Tehran and another city demonstrated around memorials for thousands of people killed in a…
Local residents stand next to a damaged car at the site of a cross-border Pakistani army strike in the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.
February 23, 2026

Pakistan claims killing at least 70 militants in strikes

KABUL (AP): Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for…
February 23, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Illiteracy SOS?

“My salary is $150,000 monthly at the Infant School. I really love the children but I can’t stay there. I have a child with special needs and rent is $70,000 for one room since the storm. “Her…
February 23, 2026

Editorial | The sweet drinks tax

Having long backed policies to combat high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), The Gleaner supports the government’s decision to impose a special consumption tax (SCT) on pre-packaged sweetened…
Residents and police personnel in Denham Town, Kingston on Saturday morning after a gun attack at a home, a toddler was killed and his brother and father were wounded.
February 23, 2026

Letter of the Day | Stop killing our children

THE EDITOR, Madam: The unsettling news of the three-year-old child who was killed over the weekend in Denham Town has left me deeply saddened and disturbed. Equally heartbreaking is the recent…
Shiah Coore, his sister Ashley Coore and Ashley’s daughter, Kailani, pose for a family snap as they honour their patriarch Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore.
February 23, 2026

Something Extra | Monday

The atmosphere was electric as friends, family, and colleagues of the late Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore paid homage to the celebrated musician. The tribute concert last Friday at Ranny Williams Entertainment…
Rian Davis giving praise at JaRIA Reggae Wednesday’s Resilient Praise at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston.
February 23, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

JaRIA’s Resilient Praise lifts the spirits of Gen Z

Generation Z and millennials, many of them dressed in white, descended on the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts on Ash Wednesday for Reggae Wednesdays Resilient Praise, staged by…