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06 Oct, 2026 0

Hello Mi Neighbour: Mind your garbage

Not many of us relish the thought of driving in a line of traffic behind a slow-moving vehicle. It gets worse if that vehicle is a truck laden with smelly garbage. Worse still if you are the driver…
Kirk Douglas (left) appears with his son Michael Douglas at a Friar’s Club dinner in New York, on April 22, 1977.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Michael Douglas on ‘immortality’ and Kirk Douglas

NEW YORK (AP): Michael Douglas, the award-winning actor and producer, recently turned 82. He is a cancer survivor, a recovered addict, a married man, the father and son of actors. He is also an author…
From left: Stewart Dougan, general manager, LASCO Distributors Limited, Pharmaceutical Division; Raynes Beckford, the oldest participant at 76 years old; Azure Lewis, category manager, Marketing OTC, LASCO Pharmaceutical Division; and Andrew Morrison, duri
06 Oct, 2026 0

More than 50 men answer LASCO screening call

For more than 50 Jamaican men, September ended with a simple but potentially life-saving message: know your numbers, know your risk and do not wait until something feels wrong. The men participated in…
Principal of Robert Lightbourne High School, Ricardo Morgan (left), and St Thomas Social Development Commission Parish Manager, Lorian Peart-Roberts (second right), pose with students Melissa Douglas (second left) and Amelia Drysdale during the staging of
06 Oct, 2026 0

SDC expands girls’ hygiene programme to second school

Four months after launching ‘It’s a Girl’s Thing’, a programme focused on adolescent hygiene and personal care, the St Thomas office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) has expanded the…
Letters
06 Oct, 2026 0

High school sports has lost its purpose

THE EDITOR, Madam: Gone are the days when children from the same neighbourhood, who ended up attending different high schools, could have good-natured conversations about which school was better at…
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06 Oct, 2026 0

The Shipping Schedule

JAMAICA FREIGHT & SHIPPING CO. LTD. KINGSTON CRYSTAL A 06/10 CONTSHIP ART 06/10 CMA CGM RABELAIS 06/10 SEABOARD SUN 07/10 SEABOARD VENTURE 07/10 CONTSHIP ART 07/10 MAGELLAN …
A dungeon at Cape Coast Castle, a “slave castle” used in the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, is seen in Cape Coast, Ghana.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | Collision of crowns

It is not known what constitutional advice King Charles sought, or received, before referring Jamaica’s request for an advisory opinion on whether slavery was ever legal under English law to the…
This was the icing on the cake as an unplanned performance by Trumpeters Vivian Scott, Chico Chin and Andre Gayle, along with trombonist Everton Gayle joined saxophonist Lukel Miller and trumpeter Mickey Hanson brought the evening to grand finale.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Smooth sailing with Mickey Hanson and After Six band

On October 1, bandleader and trumpeter Mickey Hanson, whisked patrons away on what he billed “a musical cruise” and what a voyage it turned out to be as they sailed from Kingston’s Grosvenor Galleries…
CSA General Manager Milaika Capella-Ras
06 Oct, 2026 0

Shipping | Following the cargo: Why the Caribbean’s shipping leaders are heading to Guyana

Regional maritime and logistics executives will meet in Georgetown this month as Guyana’s growth brings the opportunities and difficult choices facing Caribbean shipping into sharper focus. In…