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Kadeen Dobbs displays her book, ‘Building Comprehension and Literary Skills In Global Black History for High Schoolers’.
March 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Teacher pens Black History book to teach literacy

Kadeen Dobbs’ seventh book, Building Comprehension and Literary Skills in Global Black History for High Schoolers, is the latest in a series exploring black self-identity. Aimed at students ages 11 to…
Founder and chief executive officer of Stella Global Realty Jamaica Ltd, Tiffany Gray.
March 27, 2026 by Keisha Hill

Tiffany Gray offers roadmap for confident property ownership

In an era when real estate is increasingly viewed as a pathway to generational wealth, Tiffany Gray is shifting the conversation from transactions to transformation. As founder and chief executive…
Member of Parliament for Hanover Eastern, Andrea Purkiss, addresses the Constituency Development Fund community consultation meeting at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover, on Tuesday.
March 27, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Patching to begin on eastern Hanover roads

WESTERN BUREAU: The need for potable water and properly paved roads dominated complaints from residents at an Hanover Eastern community Development Fund (CDF) constituency consultation on Tuesday at…
Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber
March 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Beloved educator Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber has died

Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber, a retired senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, died on March 11 after a long illness. Her life will be celebrated next Tuesday at Webster Memorial United…
Dr Devon Taylor, president of Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement, leading a protest at Little Dunn’s River in this March 2024 photograph.
March 27, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Beach policy under fire

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government’s proposed Beach Access and Management Policy has drawn sharp criticism from the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), which contends that the…
Managing Partner and Operations Director of Jamaica Tower Farms, Kerrie-Anne Gray, looks over seedlings to be planted on aeroponic towers for maturation, while explaining the operations of her commercial farm in Havendale, St Andrew.
March 27, 2026

Tower farming takes root in Havendale home

While the Corporate Area pulses with commerce and traffic, a quieter transformation is taking place in the backyard of a Havendale home. There, amid the hum of residential life, a pair of technology…
Constable Javaughn Young and Shy-Ann Monteith collect a gift certificate from Deputy Chaplain, Rev Dr Courtney Faulknor at the couple’s retreat.
March 27, 2026

‘You are still the one’

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and their spouses stepped away from the demands of duty to reconnect and recharge at a deeply impactful Couples’ Retreat held last weekend under the…
A total of 1, 174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between January 2018 and January this year remained outstanding up to March 25 this year, Court Administration Division (CAD) confirmed.
March 27, 2026

Value of outstanding traffic tickets hits $4.5B

Motorists owe a total of $4.5 billion for outstanding traffic tickets issued over the last eight year, authorities disclosed on Friday. A total of 1,174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between…
March 27, 2026

Non-custodial sentence for property manage convicted in major drug bust

A property manager who pleaded guilty to several charges related to a US$500,000 or approximately J$76 million drug bust in St Andrew last year has dodged a prison sentence. Instead, Allen Patrick…