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Spectrum Management Authority Managing Director Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica gears up for 6G

Jamaica has begun preparing for the arrival of 6G mobile technology, a move that could shape the future cost, coverage and quality of wireless services across the island. The Spectrum Management…
Jo-Dane Russell Guerra (centre), newly installed president of the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay, receives the presidential instruments from lieutenant governor Jerome Johnson (fourth right) during the club’s 60th-anniversary luncheon and installation cerem
23 Sep, 2026 0

New MoBay Kiwanis president plans neurodiversity drive, diabetes fair

WESTERN BUREAU: Under newly installed president Jo-Dane Russell Guerra, the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay will revive a neurodiversity awareness programme postponed by Hurricane Melissa and stage its…
NYU student researchers sit on top of a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland, August 16, 2019.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Earth’s ice loss tops 12 trillion tonnes

About 12.5 trillion tonnes (11.3 trillion metric tonnes) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice five feet (1.5 meters) deep…
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…
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…
Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Sandals, Royal Caribbean seal 50-50 deal

WESTERN BUREAU: Royal Caribbean Group and Sandals Resorts have sealed a landmark 50-50 partnership, ending speculation that the global cruise giant would acquire majority ownership of the Jamaica-born…
23 Sep, 2026 0

Pathways Ministries Trial | Witness denies conspiring with pastor Kevin Smith to attack police

A former member of Pathways International Church yesterday burst into silent laughter after the defence suggested that he had conspired with late church leader, Dr Kevin Smith, to open fire on the…
Burchell
23 Sep, 2026 0

Burchell questions Government over cost and planning of UK reparations mission

Opposition Spokesperson on Culture Nekeisha Burchell is demanding transparency over the Government’s recent diplomatic mission to London, questioning why a costly taxpayer-funded delegation was sent…
23 Sep, 2026 0

What about the Africans who sold slaves? Warmington blasts Jamaica’s push for slavery reparations from UK

Government lawmaker in the House of Representatives Everald Warmington on Tuesday night criticised the Government’s push to petition the United Kingdom on reparations for slavery, arguing that Black…