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On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the UCC Foundation officially welcomed 65 scholarship recipients at the inaugural Scholarship Orientation. Held at the UCC main campus, the students were engaged in a welcome ceremony where they were presented their award certif
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Corporate Hands | UCC Foundation honours 65 scholarship recipients

Halibut and halloumi skewers with dates and figs, from the cookbook ‘Greek Out’, by Maria Koutsogiannis.
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A ‘Greek Out’ take on halibut and halloumi skewers

The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, Greek Out, starts with an explanation of what ‘main dish’ means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. In many places, that’s the…
From left: Winsome Gibbs, branch manager for Jamaica, CG United, wears a sleeveless wide-leg jumpsuit as she poses with Donna Brown, chief executive officer of Caribbean Assurance Brokers, in a light blue strapless mini with a plush feather trim, and BCMG
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Something Extra | Thursday

Guardian General Insurance Jamaica (GGIJ) marked its 25th anniversary with an elegant celebration at the Hope Botanical Gardens on Friday, bringing together various stakeholders for an evening…
Staff members and parents of the Iberostar Rose Hall team join the 15 awardees of the hotel’s PEP Scholarship Programme and Back-to-School Book Initiative for a group photo following the presentation ceremony.
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Corporate Hands | Iberostar Rose Hall team hosts PEP Scholarship Programme and Back-to-School Book Initiative

As Sygnus celebrates its 10th anniversary and begins a new chapter through the Sygnus Foundation, members of the team join the principal and students of the Riverton Meadows Early Childhood Centre during their back-to-school initiative.
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Corporate Hands | Sygnus targets Riverton Meadows Early Childhood Centre in back-to-school initiative

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Back-to-school challenges in Cuba

THE EDITOR, Madam: As students return to school in Cuba, it is difficult not to feel compassion for the challenges many children and families face amid ongoing shortages of fuel, electricity, and…
WINDALCO representatives (from left) – Community Relations Administrator Winston Watson; Employee and Community Relations Manager Lanceroy Morris; Port Manager Art Banton, and Snr Information & Public Affairs Officer Monique Grange, with PEP scholarship
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Corporate Hands | WINDALCO invests $32.5 million in back-to-school programme and scholarships

Tova-Malka Trench Anderson, the Social Development Commission’s parish manager for Hanover.
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Hanover’s Cacoon establishes community office to open new doors

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cacoon in Hanover have established a Community Development Committee (CDC) office to open new doors of opportunities for them in the rural district. The office, which is…
Member of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern Christopher Brown (seated) with tertiary-level students who received educational grants during the presentation ceremony.
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St Mary tertiary-level students awarded education grants

Sixty students attending tertiary institutions received grants totalling approximately $5 million during a ceremony hosted by Member of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern, Christopher Brown, to…