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Holland High School’s Shanoya Douglas (centre) powers to victory in the girls’ Class One 100m final at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on March 25, clocking a personal best 10.98 seconds.
March 26, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Douglas dips below 11 seconds, Itubo smashes own Champs record

Favourites Shanoya Douglas of Holland High School and Riquelme Reid of Excelsior High School stole the spotlight in the 100 metres, winning the blue-riband Class One events at the ISSA/GraceKennedy…
Minister in charge of works, Robert Morgan.
March 26, 2026

Jamaica seeks lessons from Peru in disaster recovery, resilient reconstruction

As Jamaica sharpens its approach to post-disaster recovery, the South American nation of Peru is emerging as a key model, offering lessons in resilient reconstruction, institutional design, and faster…
Charge d’Affaires Scott Renner (centre, standing) and United States Embassy Public Affairs Attaché, Mike Lavallee (third left, standing) are joined by YLAI alumni (back row) Latoya Rattary Ellis, Rachel Callaghan, O’Shane Ellis, Latoya West Blackwood
March 26, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Eight Jamaicans earn spots in 2026 YLAI Fellowship Programme

Eight young Jamaicans have been selected for the 2026 cohort of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Programme, the United States Embassy in Kingston has announced. The…
Delegates from Florida, Sandra Christie Brown (left), Georgette Stewart and Dr Rose Marie Lewis (right) waive the Jamaican flag during a presentation at the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, Monteg
March 26, 2026 by Lester Hinds

11th Biennial Diaspora Conference to be most impactful, says Terrelonge

The upcoming 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference is being touted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade as potentially the most impactful since the first was held in 2004, with a number of…
Spicy bourbon chicken served with a side of sauteed garlic butter vegetables and beef pumpkin soup.
March 26, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

A family legacy brought full circle

Hearty flavours of her Nana’s home-cooked fare still vividly flicker in attorney-at-law Tanya Golaub’s memory bank. Thirty-two years since her passing, the adoring granddaughter can easily conjure up…
Coral outplanting in the Dominican Republic.
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | Nature: the best defence against future storms

WITH SUSTAINED winds of 297 kilometres per hour, Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm in Jamaica last October, forever changing how we look at climate change readiness and disaster…
From left: Nicole Adamson, CEO of the EFJ, and Dr. Kishan Khoday, UNDP resident representative, ink the new agreement while Prof. Dale Webber, chairman of the EFJ, shares in the moment.
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | EFJ, UNDP partner to accelerate climate, community resilience

ANOTHER milestone in innovative partnerships for environmental sustainability was achieved recently as the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Think Eat Save snap
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | Partnerships key to solving food waste woes

AS THE world turns its gaze to International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, the role of collaborative best efforts to tackle food waste – the focus of this year’s observance – was highlighted from as…
President of the Majesty Gardens Community Development Corporation, Jaheim Mitchell (second left), receives cleaning tools from Pan American Development Foundation Project Coordinator, Kimberly Seymour-Brown, at the Community Clean-up, E-Waste Drive, and t
March 26, 2026

Corporate Hands | Pan American Development Foundation gifts cleaning tools to Majesty Gardens for community project