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June 27, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

STETHS to get Jamaica's first high school mechatronics and robotics lab
WESTERN BUREAU: In addition to its traditional offerings, come September, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) will expand its technical and vocational curriculum to include robotics, music…
June 27, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Dream Weekend expects up to 30,000 visitors to Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite reduced hotel capacity following Hurricane Melissa, Dream Entertainment expects up to 30,000 visitors to descend on Montego Bay for this year's Dream Weekend, betting…
June 27, 2026 by Karen Madden

Bigger than football 
At least two of Jamaica’s national footballers support Belgian football star Jérémy Doku’s decision to leave his World Cup team camp in the United States to travel to London for the birth of his first…
June 27, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

BUSTED - Five Jamaicans charged in big US sweepstakes fraud scheme
Five Jamaicans are among six people indicted in the United States (US) over an alleged multimillion-dollar sweepstakes fraud scheme that prosecutors say primarily targeted elderly Americans across the…
June 27, 2026

Enrique Gomáriz Moraga | Concern over democracy in Latin America is rising
In the heat of recent electoral contests, accusations have proliferated among candidates that their opponents are undermining democracy. At the same time, several alarming reports on the state of…
June 28, 2026

Tony Deyal | Beatles and Caribbean
I was very young and heard something called ‘Beatles’. When I found out it was not something to bite me, and hearing that it was changing the way they had a special music, I jumped into it and used my…
Letters
June 27, 2026

Mr Samuda should provide details for transparency and accountability
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article published in The Gleaner on June 24 regarding comments made by the Mr. Matthew Samuda at a post-Cabinet press briefing concerning the…
Letters
June 27, 2026

Urgent need for payment reform in hospitals
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am concerned about a practice in some of the local hospitals. I recently learned that when a patient requires a computed tomography (CT) scan, a family member must physically…
Letters
June 27, 2026

Dreading the ‘heat dome’
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the news, ‘Europe bakes under 'heat dome'’, published on June 25.  I was left feeling I could never again complain about the weather…