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Post-’Sunday Gleaner’ interview, Lindo (right) poses with Robert Maylor, one of the producers of ‘Jabari’s People’.  Maylor produced director Storm Saulter’s 2018 film, ‘Sprinter’.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Home is where the heart is for Delroy Lindo

Sitting in the director’s chair presented Delroy Lindo with a unique set of challenges as a debut filmmaker. For the nearly month-long Jamaican shoot of Jabari’s People, the veteran actor trod new…
Sandals overwater villas.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Sandals adding 7,000 jobs, expanding beyond Caribbean

Sandals Resorts International plans to grow its workforce by more than a third, adding 7,000 jobs at new hotels, some of them outside the Caribbean, Executive Chairman Adam Stewart said. “The time has…
Script Supervisor Kalia Ellis (left) and Wanliss on set.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Lesley-Ann Wanliss achieves film festival sweep with short film ‘Bright Sparks’

Lesley-Ann Wanliss is having a moment. Her latest short film Bright Sparks has been widely lauded and selected by so many film festivals that it’s difficult for the filmmaker to keep track. As she…
Mourners gather for the funeral of Tooro’s King Oyo Nyimba in the remote city of Fort Portal, near the Congo border in Uganda.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Paulette A. Ramsay | It took the death of a king

I was greatly shocked by the news of the death of the young Tooro King of Uganda, Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. I do recall the fascinating report of his coronation as a three-year-old…

Jack Zemke poses for a portrait at a co-working space in Santa Monica, California on September 2.
27 Sep, 2026 0

As coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market

AP: Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void – ignored. With his graduation from Tulane University…

Planes used for deportation flights sit at the Valley International Airport, in Harlingen, Texas.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Kay Osborne | US court rejected TCN policy, Jamaica should share the MOU now

When any government signs an agreement, the people have a right to know what it says. That right is even stronger when the arrangement runs into serious legal obstacles in the partner country.
Satish Iyer, senior vice president, Employee Benefits, Fraser Fontaine & Kong Ltd (FFK), shares a moment with Sheena Grant-Campbell, senior account executive, Employee Benefits Division at FFK.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Employers urged to review employee benefits

Jamaican employers are being urged to regularly review their employee benefits programmes to ensure they continue to meet the needs of workers and the wider organisation. Insurance brokerage Fraser…
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Delano Seiveright
27 Sep, 2026 0

Mark Wignall | Young Seiveright on the move again

Delano Seiveright is not a man who relishes the idea of sitting down and waiting for things to happen. From the get-go, he has been an action man, and once he became elected to a constituency that at…
Gordon Robinson
27 Sep, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | Government by giveaways

In a brilliant move, PNP took its annual show on the road to Westmoreland. Apart from obvious political gimmickry, this was a salutary message of support to those most affected by Melissa as well as a…