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ECC officers participate in an Irie Tower exercise during Irie Homes Toolbox training, exploring positive, non-violent strategies to support children’s behaviour and development.
01 Oct, 2026 0

ECC expands positive-parenting support through Irie Homes Toolbox

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has trained a cadre of officers to deliver the Irie Homes Toolbox, a parenting programme designed to promote positive, non-violent child-rearing practices in…
Nicole Campbell Robinson (left), vice-president of communications, social media, and corporate social responsibility at Sagicor Group Jamaica, and DorrettRCampbell, interim principal of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, cut the rib
01 Oct, 2026 0

Hope restored - Sagicor Foundation $25-m investment restores painting studio at Edna Manley College

Sagicor Foundation Jamaica has officially handed over the rebuilt upper floor of the Hope Brooks Painting Studio at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, completing a major…
Staff of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica took part in volunteer coastal-cleaning activities at Port Royal on International Coastal Cleanup Day, September 19. Led by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Yang Xiaorong and Counsellor Wan
01 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Chinese Embassy in Jamaica shares in International Coastal Cleanup Day

Caroline Reid, with the Swedish oat milk company Oatly, shows a sample of the company’s new milk carton climate campaign for New York Climate Week on Wednesday, September 23 in New York.
01 Oct, 2026 0

World’s largest oat milk producer joins climate campaign

Oatly, the world’s largest producer of oat milk, is sending a new message to its consumers: Most people want their governments to take action on climate change. Splashed on the side of the Swedish…
Special Projects Manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Paul Allen (left) accepts a donation of cases of bottled water, canned items, and snacks for the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home from Administrative Assistant in the JIS Finance Department Andrea
01 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Jamaica Information Service receives department donations for Mount Olivet Boys’ Home

Members of the GraceKennedy Foundation’s (GKF) beach clean-up coordinating team pose for a photo following the successful completion of the foundation’s 2026 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day cleanup activity on September 19. More than 300 volun
01 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | GraceKennedy Foundation mobilised 300+ volunteers for ICC Day

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, responds to questions at the High-Level National Digital and AI Skills Round Table on Tuesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Education minister urges businesses to help shape workforce skills

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has called on private-sector leaders to work more closely with the Government in shaping Jamaica’s future workforce,…
A cider cocktail from the book ‘Good Spirits’ by Tiffanie Barriere.
01 Oct, 2026 0

How to make a cider cup cocktail

This spin on the cider cup is from my cocktail book Good Spirits; the original drink has roots going back to the early 20th century. In Jacques Straub’s 1914 book, Drinks, cider, brandy, curaçao,…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, founder and chairwoman of the Pocket Rocket Foundation, and Dr Jermaine McCalpin, executive director, are joined by members of the foundation’s 2026 scholarship cohort following the annual Scholarship Awards at the Wolmer’s Gi
01 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Pocket Rocket Foundation hosts 2026 scholarship cohort at awards ceremony