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Tim Curry attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Alec Baldwin in New York on February 28, 2011.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Iconic character actor Tim Curry dies at 80

AP: Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the smug concierge in…
Olivia Konar holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and US Courthouse on Tuesday, August 18, in Oakland, California. Her sister Coco Konar died in 2022 whe
27 Aug, 2026 0

Meta reaches $17b settlement landmark trial over teen social media addiction

OAKLAND (AP): Meta agreed yesterday to pay US$17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over…
Letters
27 Aug, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Our boys need more than a grooming policy

THE EDITOR, Madam: It is back-to-school time again, and Jamaica is once more discussing what students should look like when they return to school. This year, however, the conversation is moving…
Letters
27 Aug, 2026 0

Government is not a gift

THE EDITOR, Madam: Perhaps one of the most important lessons Jamaica needs to relearn is that government is not a gift. Once an election ends and a government is formed, the campaign should be over.…
Letters
27 Aug, 2026 0

Can Jamaica afford democratic socialism today?

THE EDITOR. Madam: Many people talk about returning to a strong democratic socialist model to address poverty and the high cost of living. We all want better schools, free healthcare, and fair wages.…
La Sonja Harrison, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Port Henderson Primary pleads for gov’t help to address security woes

WESTERN BUREAU: The leadership of Port Henderson Primary School in St Catherine is calling for immediate government intervention to address space and security concerns that are negatively affecting…
Award recipients pause for a group photograph during Discovery Bauxite’s annual PEP scholarship awards ceremony.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Discovery Bauxite salutes PEP excellence

Thursday, August 13 was a red-letter day for 70 students who excelled in the recent Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, as they were presented with scholarships by Discovery Bauxite, which…
Elkhorn and staghorn corals once dominated Caribbean reefs.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Earth Today | The case for sharing the Caribbean’s toughest corals

THE CARIBBEAN’S living reef architecture is disappearing within our lifetime, threatening the future of Caribbean fisheries, beaches and marine tourism. Across the Caribbean, prolonged heat stress…
Dorreth Heman, female Farmer in Waterford, Guys Hill, tries to salvage tomatoes from her field. She says the drought has affected her entire farm forcing her to purchase food that she normally produced.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Earth Today | UNEP report champions Drought Resilience Capacity Index

AS PARTS of the world, including Jamaica, wrestle with drought conditions made worse by the intense heat, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a technical report that proposes…