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Billionaire Ken Griffin speaks at a news conference in Chicago, USA on April 18, 2018.
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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record US$3b to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

Carnegie Mellon University announced on Wednesday that hedge fund chief executive Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal…
Motorbikes drive past Iranian missiles and banners showing portraits of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and the late armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists, who were killed in Israeli and US strikes, displayed in a military ex
01 Oct, 2026 0

Iran receives US response to latest peace proposal

Iranian officials indicated yesterday that they have received an official US response to Tehran’s latest proposal to end the seven-month war, which US President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just…
Matthew Samuda, minister with responsibility for water, speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, July 16.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Samuda warns tougher water curbs coming

Water Minister Matthew Samuda is warning that tougher water restrictions are coming as Jamaica continues to grapple with a crippling drought, signalling an escalation in the Government’s response to…
A copy of the cease-and-desist order which was reportedly sent out from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, ordering residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny not to build any structures on the controversial property. The notice, which was sent out on Tuesday, tr
01 Oct, 2026 0

More protest action rocks Coopers Pen after fresh eviction notice

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny staged yet another demonstration yesterday, a day after they were served with a cease-and-desist notice by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation…
Edith Chin, director of Juici Patties, which achieved gold-level performance in all five Green Business Jamaica assessment areas.
01 Oct, 2026 0

NEPA reports surge in green business participation

More Jamaican organisations are embracing environmentally sustainable business practices, with participation in the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) Green Business Jamaica (GBJ)…
Water Minister Matthew Samuda.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Samuda: No NWC resources for water parties

Water Minister Matthew Samuda has assured Jamaicans that no permits are being issued for “water parties” using National Water Commission (NWC) resources. Samuda was responding to concerns over the…
Professor William Aiken
01 Oct, 2026 0

Aiken: No Jamaican man needs to die from prostate cancer

One of the most dangerous things about prostate cancer is how quietly it can begin. A man can feel well, move through his days without alarm and have little reason to suspect that anything is wrong.…
Tina-Gay Wilson, financial advisor at Sagicor, indulges in the Made for More experience with a Henny-rita.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Sipping in red: Hennessy presents Made for More cocktail experience

Hennessy shook things up with its Made for More experience held at the S Hotel Kingston on Tuesday night. Local and regional brand executives, drink aficionados, socialites, creatives, and other…
From left: Helen Li, senior staff member at the United States-based National Education Association’s (NEA) international relations office; Mark Malabver, immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA); Maureen Mullings-Nelson, the
01 Oct, 2026 0

Harrison: Stop normalising broken schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison is urging the Government to fast-track the rehabilitation and restoration of schools that have still not been repaired…