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Marlon James poses with the Man Booker Prize after his book ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ was named as winner of the 2015 Booker Prize 2015 for Fiction, following the award ceremony at the Guildhall in London on October 13, 2015.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Marlon James in the running for second Booker Prize for ‘The Disappearers’

LONDON (AP): Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running again for the prestigious fiction award, alongside Dublin gangs, dystopian science fiction and the New England…
29 Jul, 2026 0

Editorial | AI and education

Whatever people’s perspectives may be on the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) decision to phase out its school-based assessments (SBAs), the move, as the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA)…
Cape Verde’s Sidny Lopes Cabral (13) celebrates their second goal in the stands during the World Cup round-of-32 match against Argentina in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Friday, July 3.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Don Dobson | Argentina’s dream factory: A wake-up call for safeguarding in sports

The Cinderella run of Cabo Verde in this year’s FIFA World Cup, which included a draw against eventual Champions Spain and a spirited performance against beaten finalists Argentina, has Jamaicans…
Where the Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on goods.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | More US tariffs, but what do they mean for CARICOM countries?

So, US President Donald Trump announced on July 23-24 more tariffs on trade partners, continuing to use trade policy as a geopolitical and protectionist measure.
These ladies partake of an offering at the 11th staging of the Ministry of Tourism/Tourism Enhancement Fund’s Christmas in July trade show at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Friday, July 10, 2026.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Tourism fund mulls AI training for start-ups

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) wants start-ups in its incubator programme to begin using artificial intelligence (AI) to design prototypes, which could improve their branding, product, and spaces.…
Dino Hinds, CEO of MFS Capital.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Remittance market flattens, but provider MFS Capital aims to target underserved areas

Remittance inflows are flat amid fewer providers, but MFS Capital Partners aims to profit by securing licences to operate along key corridors. The company secured licences for remittance services at…
Balram Vaswani, CEO of NUGL Inc, the operator of the Kaya cannabis brand in Jamaica.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Kaya tests market with protein-infused beverages through Israeli partnership

NUGL, Inc, the operator of Jamaica’s Kaya cannabis brand, said it is testing the market uptake of protein-infused beverages in partnership with Israeli food technology company Cannibble Food-Tech Ltd.…
FILE - Workers at the booth for Chinese DRAM producer ChangXin Memory Technologies, also known as CXMT, wait for visitors at the 21st China International Semiconductor Expo in Beijing, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
29 Jul, 2026 0

China memory chipmaker CXMT’s shares soar in blockbuster share listing in Shanghai

Shares of CXMT, China’s largest memory chipmaker, shot skywards on Monday as they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest initial public stock offering in recent years. CXMT’s shares…
Kim Wiggins dances to one of Bob Marley’s songs during the Marley Emancipation Mass.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Anglican Church packs out for Caribbean ‘debut’ of Bob Marley Mass

WESTERN BUREAU: As Rita Marley celebrated her 80th birthday in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday, an Anglican church in Barbados drew an overflowing congregation for what organisers described as the…