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Anastacia Williams shows her phone that she used to do her assignments along with her new laptop presented to her Dr Audrey Gregory, senior vice president of by AdventHealth, and Donmayne Gyles, president and CEO of Andrews Memorial Hospital.
07 Sep, 2026 0

NCU nursing students get a shot in the arm

For more than two years, Northern Caribbean University (NCU) nursing student Anastacia Williams used an Android phone to complete university assignments, prepare PowerPoint presentations, work on…
(From left) Ronique Satchell, administrative assistant of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation; Simone Fisher Sobers, founder of the Winsome Wishes For KIDS; one of the participating campers and Kim Mair, CEO of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, pause for a phot
07 Sep, 2026 0

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation summer programmes impact nearly 1,000 youths

As schools closed for the summer, hundreds of young Jamaicans across the island remained engaged in literacy, leadership, environmental education and personal-development programmes through a series…
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sits at the defence table during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas last Monday.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Keffe D says he is ‘getting out on appeal’

The man found guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur has insisted he is innocent. The hip-hop icon, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was shot and killed in September 1996 when he was just 25, and last…
07 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Behind the suicide attempts

Reports on the National Council on Drug Abuse’s (NCDA) latest survey of students have mostly focused on their access to drugs and how many turn up to school drunk. The findings, however, highlight a…
Sheldon Shepherd’s ‘Give Thanks’ album cover.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Sheldon Shepherd to ‘Give Thanks’ on his birthday

Award-winning actor, poet and cultural practitioner Sheldon Shepherd will release his début album, Give Thanks, on September 18, which is also his birthday. “I started a thing years ago where I…
James Norton, assistant producer; David Gross, executive producer; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange; Adam Low, film director; Barbara Blake-Hannah, cultural liaison; and Martin Rosenbaum, producer, are all smiles after t
07 Sep, 2026 0

New James Bond feature film to première at GoldenEye

A new feature documentary exploring the life, imagination and enduring legacy of James Bond creator Ian Fleming – titled Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond – will première at GoldenEye,…
A construction worker hydrates at the Shedd Aquarium, on a hot day in Chicago.
07 Sep, 2026 0

A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target

For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That is no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We will likely pass 1.5°C in 2030. That is not good…
A boy plays in wet sand as others swim and commercial vessels lie anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Daily life in Iran on the beach along the Strait of Hormuz

BANDAR ABBAS (AP): As global attention focuses on the Strait of Hormuz, some Iranians are able to see its waters as a haven. A child plays with a toy on the beach in Kuhestak, and others soak in the…
A technician cleans solar panels installed on the roof of a home in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan.
07 Sep, 2026 0

War-driven blackouts push residents towards solar power but high costs shut many out

OMDURMAN (AP): For almost a year, Randa al-Mansour, a 31-year-old Sudanese housewife, has relied on solar-energy panels installed on the rooftop of her building to survive the recurrent blackouts…