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Clover Reddie-Brown (left), director of Reddies Place of Safety, receives a donation cheque from Marathon’s Joseth Brown, manager of business development, marketing and public relations. Staff from the insurance brokerage fêted the wards at the facility
08 Jan, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Marathon Insurance Brokers fêtes wards at Reddies Place of Safety

Children from the Barbican community in Kingston, and their families, receive care packages with food items and school supplies during Fontana’s annual New Year’s Day treat on January 1. The initiative, which has been staged for more than a decade with
08 Jan, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Fontana’s annual New Year’s Day treat targets Barbican community

Media relations officer at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Christopher Burke (right) assists Santa and his elf in handing out gifts to attendees at the JTB’s recent Christmas Treat, held at Devon House in Kingston. The event, held for tourism workers and
08 Jan, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Jamaica Tourist Board hosts treat for tourism workers

CG United provided US$25,000 to the Food For The Poor programme to support roof repairs. Winsome Gibbs (right), branch manager, CG United Jamaica, made the presentation to Food For The Poor representatives, Deidre Parchment (left), finance manager, and Mar
08 Jan, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | CG United donates to Food For The Poor’s roof repairs programme

Climate change in the Courtroom snap
08 Jan, 2026 0

Earth Today | Pacific Islands NGO gets ‘policy leadership’ honour

AS CLIMATE change realities press in on vulnerable countries, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has celebrated leaders working on climate issues for their 2025 Champions of Earth Awards.…
Cover of the 2021 Guidance Note (1)
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Earth Today | High praise for new community engagement course

CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT practitioners now have the benefit of the first certified online community engagement course, courtesy of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB’s) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF). …
Jeremy Taylor.
07 Jan, 2026 0

Full confidence

The appointment of King’s Counsel Jeremy Taylor as director of public prosecutions (DPP) for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), alongside Fitz Bailey, former deputy commissioner of police in Jamaica…
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes address at the Judges’ Swearing-in Ceremony for the Hillary Term on January 5 at King’s House.
07 Jan, 2026 0

Sykes: Current system simply cannot continue

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has warned that Jamaica cannot “try its way out” of its growing court backlog and that reform of the jury trial system must now be seriously considered. Speaking at King’s…
A section of student dormitories at Knockalva Polytechnic College after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
07 Jan, 2026 0

Hanover schools reopen under trying circumstances

WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers across the parish of Hanover reported for duty in full force on Monday as the 2026 Easter term officially began although student turnout was below normal at most schools. The…