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Chairman’s Medal Award recipient Lauren Wallfall (centre) receives her award from JWN Foundation directors Marsha Haughton (left) and Dwight Balli.
23 Sep, 2026 0

JWN scholars get lessons in personal branding, money management

Nearly 70 tertiary students awarded scholarships by the JWN Foundation gathered recently for a workshop focused on personal branding and financial literacy, reflecting a growing recognition that…
Moses Chybar, president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Chybar: Let voters, not councillors, choose mayors

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland businessman Moses Chybar wants Jamaica to rethink the way mayors are chosen, arguing that the country’s constitutional-reform debate should examine whether municipal…
Dr Kirt Henry (left), director of the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank and section commissioner of the Jamaica Pavilion at Expo 2027 Belgrade, presents a gift package to Jagoda Lazarević, Serbia’s minister of internal and forei
23 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica signs on for Expo 2027 Belgrade

Jamaica will use Expo 2027 Belgrade in Serbia to showcase its music, sport and culture while pursuing new opportunities in trade, tourism, investment and cultural exchange. The island has formally…
Delroy Lindo (standing, right), actor, producer and director of ‘Jabari’s People’, and his lead star Seyi Andes-Pelumi (standing, left) joined fellow cast members (seated, from left) Rolando Alberts, Shernet Swearine, Zoe Daniele ChingSang and Sule T
23 Sep, 2026 0

‘None of them have let me down’

Best believe Delroy Lindo, the Academy Award-nominated thespian, knows commanding scene partners all too well. Still, it isn’t his former Hollywood co-stars Denzel Washington, Idris Elba or Charlize…
Actor and comedian Chris Tucker smiles for the lens.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Something Extra | Wednesday

Founded by George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opened its doors in Los Angeles on Tuesday, following its star-studded weekend gala. Seventeen years…
Jamaica Broilers Group Corporate Office at Content, McCook’s Pen, St Catherine.
23 Sep, 2026 0

JBG forensic sweep finds no new irregularities amid $6.8b loss

Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) said it conducted a forensic review of its electronic communications and found no accounting irregularities beyond those already disclosed, the poultry group said in…
Francis Wade
23 Sep, 2026 0

Francis Wade | A CEO’s ego – Now clinging to prior success

Your CEO has a strong ego. Most successful ones do. It carried him through the growth years, and it now sits at the centre of every conversation about the company’s future. Right now, that same ego is…
Carolyn Rodriques Birkett.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | 81st UNGA: Can trust be restored?

The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started on Tuesday, September 8 with various meetings and events, including on the Sustainable Development Goals, artificial…
Google campus.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Google has been fined 403 million euros (US$463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said on…