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April 4, 2026
Garth Rattray | Religions should be more tolerant
Many people do not realise that Jesus’ name was not ‘Jesus Christ’. In keeping with the tradition at that time, He was likely called Yeshua ben-Yosef (Yeshua son of Joseph). Furthermore, ‘Christ’…
April 4, 2026
Kaya posts J$550m sales from ganja, mushrooms and pizza in 2025
Ganja company NUGL, which trades as Kaya, reported higher revenues and also narrowed its losses for its financial year despite disruptions from Hurricane Melissa.
April 5, 2026
Hakeem ‘Uncle’ Bryan banks on belief
For Hakeem ‘Uncle’ Bryan, content creation has become more than entertainment – it is a reflection of modern Jamaican life in all its movement, ambition, and reinvention. The 29-year-old creator,…
April 7, 2026
The 2026 Budget: Survive the squeeze or get left behind
If you were waiting for a ‘growth budget’ this year, you can stop. It isn’t coming. The Ministry of Finance already told us what this 2026-2027 Budget is: on their website it is aptly branded the…
April 4, 2026
Heather Morris returns to WWII with ‘The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse’
The next novel by the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz will again take place during World War II, this time in Nazi-occupied Paris and based on the family of Grammy- and Emmy-nominated composer…
April 4, 2026
A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (AP): The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel hosted a concert on March 22, debuting a composition focused on interactions with angels found throughout the Bible. The Vatican sometimes hosts…
April 5, 2026
by Yasmine Peru
100 years of pioneering Rasta drummer Count Ossie
In the history of Jamaican music, there have been some outstanding counts, among them Count Matuchie, Count Shelly, Count C, and Oswald ‘Count Ossie’ Williams. A seminal figure in the development of…
April 4, 2026
Jamaica ranks 13th in regional AI index, UN body reports
Jamaica ranks 13th out of 19 countries in the latest edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA), underscoring the challenges facing the island’s digital adoption.
April 4, 2026
by Dudley McLean II
When truth must compete
In a recent article published in The Telegraph, Elise Morrison revisits an ancient anxiety with striking contemporary force: the tension between truth and persuasion. Reflecting on the trial and…