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Simone Gordon (GS) in action for Jamaica against Samoa.
February 16, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Dream come true for Sunshine Girl Gordon

Sunshine Girls goal shooter Simone Gordon said it is a dream come true after securing her first professional contract with English club team Leeds Rhinos, marking a major milestone in her career. The…
Arsenal’s Noni Madueke (left) and Bukayo Saka celebrate after their side’s first goal during the English FA Cup match between Arsenal and Wigan Athletic in London yesterday.
February 16, 2026

Arsenal rout Wigan 4-0 on no-surprise Sunday in FA Cup

LONDON (AP): Arsenal enjoyed a 4-0 rout of Wigan as five Premier League teams avoided upsets to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Third-tier struggler Wigan was overwhelmed against the…
Gleaner editorial writes: The island has been ranked close to the 49th position in the World Happiness Report, though, according to this index, Jamaica may not be among the world’s happiest countries, but it is also not among the lowest.
February 16, 2026

Editorial | Vision 2050 and beyond

The aspiration of making Jamaica “the place of choice” for its citizens to “live, work, raise families, and do business” remains relevant. There are still four years in the two-decade timeframe since…
Belizean Eric Vernon (left),  an automotive instructor employed to the Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Kittian Nicholson Webster, chief foreman mechanic at the Public Works Department in the MInistry of Infrastructure,
February 16, 2026

‘An honour and privilege’

Seven Caribbean nations recently lent varying levels of mechanical and electrical expertise to create the region’s first jointly built electric vehicle (EV). With participants drawn from Jamaica,…
Christopher Tufton (second left), and Andrew Bowden (left), unveil the LIV GUD mural at Haile Selassie High School in Kingston, during the launch of the Wellness Express – Adolescent Mental Health Mobile Service. Looking on are Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (sec
February 16, 2026

Wellness Express mobile service launched at Haile Selassie High School

Students from Haile Selassie High School in Kingston are among the first to benefit from a new mobile mental-health service that will support schools in zones of special operations (ZOSOs) as well as…
Some of the 20 winners in JMMB Money Transfer’s ‘Share the Love’ promotion pose for a group photo at the recent handover ceremony, which took place at JMMB Group’s headquarters in Kingston.
February 16, 2026

Twenty winners in JMMB Money Transfer ‘Share the Love’ promotion

JMMB Money Transfer officially wrapped its Share the Love holiday promotion with a celebratory handover ceremony held at the JMMB Group Head Office in Kingston, where 20 winners received J$2 million…
The sign on the Bunny Lee Museum in Duhaney Park, St Andrew.
February 16, 2026

Bunny Lee Iconic Reggae Weekend kicks off Friday

A three-day event, with legacy and culture as its foundation, makes its début on the Reggae Month calendar this week. Curated by the Bunny Lee Museum, the inaugural Bunny Lee Iconic Reggae Weekend: A…
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks during the Munich Security Conference.
February 16, 2026

Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’

MUNICH (AP): A top European Union (EU) official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure”, pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.
A boy plays with a cat on a street of the Kurdish-majority neighbourhood of Sheikh Maqsoud, in Aleppo, Syria.
February 16, 2026

A Kurdish-majority neighbourhood recovers from clashes with hope for the future

ALEPPO (AP): A month after clashes rocked a Kurdish-majority neighbourhood in Syria ‘s second-largest city of Aleppo, most of the tens of thousands of residents who fled the fighting between…