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Shelle Parchment (left) and Antoinette Fisher, managing directors, Inner Bloom IV Bar.
23 Apr, 2026 0

Ocho Rios gets IV therapy bar as Inner Bloom opens

Banking on her own health-related experiences, wedding consultant, fashionista and entrepreneur Shelle Parchment has taken another bold step with the launch of St Ann’s first IV bar, Inner Bloom. The…
Edwin Allen (right) making the final baton exchange on the 4x400m open girls relay final ahead of Hydel High (centre) and Holmwood Technical at the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in St Andrew, Jamaica
23 Apr, 2026 0

SSP Diaries | Shaping the future 2026 Boys’ and Girls’ athletic championships

Congratulations to the organizers, sponsors, athletes and the vast array of supporters who made this recent event a huge success. Heartiest congratulations to champions, Jamaica College and Edwin…
(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)
23 Apr, 2026 0

Earth Today | ‘Embrace renewables’

AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current…
ESL chair and chief executive officer, Eleanor Jones
23 Apr, 2026 0

Earth Today | Heir apparent

STEPHEN JONES is a new addition to the senior leadership of the consultancy firm, Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL); and he is keen to make his mark in the environment sector while transforming…
A Caribbean national collects vetiver grass.
23 Apr, 2026 0

Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes

CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waves from behind a glass window after he received the Freedom Medal of the International Four Freedoms Award during a ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16.
23 Apr, 2026 0

EU close to approving release of US$106b loan to Ukraine

European Union (EU) envoys gathered on Wednesday, with most cautiously optimistic that a massive loan to help meet Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years is close to being…
Actress and content creator Joan McKenzie says her work is designed to ‘edu-tain’ her audience. She adds that she enjoys interacting with fans, especially older viewers who recognise her content.
23 Apr, 2026 0

Actress Joan McKenzie was born to perform

As an only child, Joan McKenzie quickly learnt to entertain herself, filling her days with creativity and a vivid imagination. Her dolls, teddy bears and even the trees in her yard became her…
Acting Under Secretary of Defence and Comptroller, Jules Hurst III (left) and Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment of the Joint Chief of Staff Space Force Lieutenant General Steven Whitney, talk with members of the media during a briefing
23 Apr, 2026 0

US military pushes for boost in 2027 spending

WASHINGTON (AP): US military officials on yesterday called for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defence systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of…
Passengers ride in a shared taxi as it makes its way through Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 25.
23 Apr, 2026 0

1,500 troops to be deployed to Haiti

N’DJAMENA (AP): Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat gang violence, according to a letter from the president to the…