Latest News

Kenneth Anglin, president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the Project GetStart launch.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Discovery gives St Ann entrepreneurs a shot in the arm

Discovery Bauxite and the Discovery Bauxite Community Council last Wednesday launched a programme to stimulate economic and income-generation opportunities for residents in the bauxite company’s…
02 Nov, 2026 0

Fighting accent bias is everyone’s job, not just accented speakers’

People who speak with an accent know it can lead to discrimination. It can cost them in job interviews, at work and in everyday exchanges. But what they usually have to go on is anecdote: their own…
India’s opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, standing at right in the first vehicle with other opposition leaders, waves at the supporters during a protest called by his party and its allies against the revision of electoral rolls in New Delhi.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Opposition parties stage new protest against the elections chief

NEW DELHI (AP): India’s opposition parties on Sunday renewed calls for the resignation of the country’s election chief, staging fresh protests in the latest display of public dissent against Prime…
Fishermen stand on the Indian Ocean beach at dusk in the former pirate village of Eyl, in Somalia’s semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Pirates seize Iranian fishing vessel, raising fears of attacks on cargo ships

MOGADISHU (AP): Somali pirates have seized an Iranian fishing vessel carrying 23 people, the Maritime Security Center Indian Ocean said, warning that the ship was approaching a commercial shipping…
Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter conducting routine flying training in the Mountain Flying Training Area (MFTA) located in North Wales.
02 Nov, 2026 0

UK’s Royal Navy, Royal Air Force designated as ‘terrorist organisations’

TEHRAN (ANI): Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday announced the designation of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as “terrorist organisations” and classified its Secret…
Jhanine Jackson, daughter of the late bassist Jackie Jackson assists his former bandmate Paul Douglas when he broke down during a tribute at the St James Parish Church last Saturday.
02 Nov, 2026 0

One-of-a kind musical farewell for Jackie Jackson

WESTERN BUREAU: Had it not been for the thick walls of the historic St James Parish Church, all of Montego Bay might have heard saxophonist Dean Fraser pouring his heart into Dance With My Father on…
From left, Andrew McRae - Universal Service Fund; Zanetta Scott - National Housing Trust; Brandon Wallace - Wray & Nephew; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange ; Billy Heaven - CHASE Fund; and Herrick Passley - Television Jam
02 Nov, 2026 0

JCDC celebrates partners and sponsors

Last Tuesday’s affair on the Roof Terrace, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport was “not an occasion for speechification”, as Jamaica Cultural Development (JCDC) Executive Director,…
It’s another award for Jamaican jazz pianist Dr Monty Alexander, this time courtesy of the French government.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Monty Alexander honoured in France

Award-winning Jamaican jazz pianist, Dr Monty Alexander, has added another title to his lengthy resume, as he recently received France’s prestigious Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters…
Letters
02 Nov, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Respect religious diversity in public schools

THE EDITOR, Madam: We write in response to the letter published on October 24, 2026, titled ‘Strengthening devotional guidelines for schools’, which calls for greater protection of Christian…