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Awardees of the 2026 JWN Foundation Scholarship cohort with volunteers and directors during the recently staged Movie Day and Awards Ceremony at the Palace Cineplex in Kingston. 
03 Sep, 2026 0

JWN Foundation celebrates 69 secondary scholars

Sixty-nine secondary-school students were recognised by the JWN Foundation at its annual Secondary Scholars Movie Day & Awards Ceremony at Palace Cineplex on August 31. The scholars, from…
Naleraq’s Qarsoq Hoeegh-Dam from Greenland, Inuit Ataqatigiit’s Naaja H. Nathanielsen from Greenland, and Minister of Health and Church Affairs Ida Auken, during a meeting in the Folketing Hall at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, on August 27.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Reports split over whether forced contraception of Indigenous women, girls was genocide

NUUK (AP): Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice…
Mottley
03 Sep, 2026 0

CARICOM reparations conference set for Barbados

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will convene its third regional conference on reparations in Barbados this month as the regional bloc seeks to strengthen its push for reparatory justice and deepen…
A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Wednesday.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Iran strikes Gulf neighbours after US attack

DUBAI (AP): Iran fired on US allies in the Gulf early yesterday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party. The latest violence…
Jamaica Organization of New Jersey honourees (from left) Dr Janice Johnson Dias; Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, the minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade; Dr Valerie Miller; and Owen Eccles.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Mair vows hands-on approach in New York

Jamaica’s newly installed consul general in New York, Oliver Mair, has vowed to adopt a practical approach to his new assignment, with widespread engagement with Jamaicans across the jurisdiction. “I…
Fete Republic’s Night Carnival Jamaica returns to the roads of downtown Kingston this Saturday for its ‘Purple Reign’ staging.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Night Carnival set for Purple Reign

Jamaica’s carnival season may traditionally peak in April, but Night Carnival Jamaica will bring another road event to Ocean Boulevard in downtown Kingston this Saturday, September 5. Organised by…
Speaker of Jamaica’s House of Representatives Juliet Holness.
03 Sep, 2026 0

New Parliament website to offer access to laws, debates

Jamaica’s new Houses of Parliament website is slated for official launch in October. The announcement was made by Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness, who said the platform is “in…
A sold sign posted outside a newly constructed house in Wellesley, USA on August 25, 2026. (AP Photo)
03 Sep, 2026 0

AI boom heats up Bay Area housing market as wealthy buyers drive demand for high-end homes across US

Here’s another place the artificial intelligence (AI) frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes. High-income earners, many of them employees at AI companies, are snapping up…
Percussionist Bongo Herman
03 Sep, 2026 0

‘Young man see vision’, Bongo Herman says of Badge of Honour

Percussionist Herman ‘Bongo Herman’ Davis is one of the 2026 recipients of the Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service for his significant contribution to Jamaican music and culture. It is another…