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Young cricketer Se’andre Annick Wisdom, (second left) of Ascot Primary School is delighted to accept a coffee seedling as he stands alongside (from left) Andrea Hanson, chairman of Portmore Sports Association; Aaron Johnson, founder of Blue 52 T20 Relea
March 26, 2026

Corporate Hands | Mavis Bank Coffee Factory gifts seedlings

Medical assistant at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Delrose Francis (left), performs a finger-prick blood test on a member of the public during the St Catherine High School’s annual health fair, held at the institution in Spanish Town on March 20
March 26, 2026

Corporate Hands | Heart Foundation of Jamaica, National Health Fund provide medical support at health fair

President of the Majesty Gardens Community Development Corporation, Jaheim Mitchell (second left), receives cleaning tools from Pan American Development Foundation Project Coordinator, Kimberly Seymour-Brown, at the Community Clean-up, E-Waste Drive, and t
March 26, 2026

Corporate Hands | Pan American Development Foundation gifts cleaning tools to Majesty Gardens for community project

Think Eat Save snap
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | Partnerships key to solving food waste woes

AS THE world turns its gaze to International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, the role of collaborative best efforts to tackle food waste – the focus of this year’s observance – was highlighted from as…
From left: Nicole Adamson, CEO of the EFJ, and Dr. Kishan Khoday, UNDP resident representative, ink the new agreement while Prof. Dale Webber, chairman of the EFJ, shares in the moment.
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | EFJ, UNDP partner to accelerate climate, community resilience

ANOTHER milestone in innovative partnerships for environmental sustainability was achieved recently as the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Coral outplanting in the Dominican Republic.
March 26, 2026

Earth Today | Nature: the best defence against future storms

WITH SUSTAINED winds of 297 kilometres per hour, Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm in Jamaica last October, forever changing how we look at climate change readiness and disaster…
Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, arrives at Gordon House yesterday with a copy of her closing presentation in the 2026-2027 Budget Debate.
March 25, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Tax tweak

The Government has adjusted its tax policy in relation to the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages and the Environmental Protection Levy on domestic goods, but the…
Rosalie Hamilton, councillor for the Rae Town Division.
March 25, 2026 by Kimone Francis

‘Tell them fi sue’

Rae Town Division Councillor Rosalie Hamilton is daring Member of Parliament for Kingston Central Donovan Williams to proceed with his promised lawsuit as the now-public feud between the two Jamaica…
He is to go to court on May 20.
March 25, 2026

Manchester man charged after alleged break-in and attempted rape

A 26-year-old man from Manchester has been arrested and charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home while she was sleeping and attempting to rape her. Damani Richards of Golden Run district…