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Rohde and Peña | AI wants our water

AI is often portrayed as the harbinger of a prosperous, more efficient future. But the machines driving this revolution depend on a resource far older – and far more contested – than data or…
British Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks in the No. 9 Downing Street Media Briefing Room, in Westminster, London, May 14, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
28 Nov, 2025 0

UK government welcomes sharp fall in net migration but says more needs to be done

LONDON (AP) — The British government welcomed the news Thursday that net migration in the United Kingdom, the difference between those moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more…
Actor, poet and author Sheldon Shepherd lensed by influential British fashion photographer Nick Knight at his SHOWstudio in London last year. The image is also the cover art for Shepherd’s new single, ‘Give Thanks’, which dropped on November 14.
28 Nov, 2025 0

The many lives of Sheldon Shepherd

Sheldon Shepherd’s life these days demands serious multitasking. With his debut album and a lead role in the hotly anticipated British television miniseries The Inheritance both on the way next year,…
Jimmy Cliff performs during the Timbre Rock and Roots concert on Friday March 22, 2013 in Singapore.
28 Nov, 2025 0

Gordon Robinson | Many rivers to cross

On Monday, the world lost another musical legend as Jimmy Cliff passed away at the age of 81. Although, as James Chambers, he was born in Adelphi, a hillside community in Somerton, near Montego Bay,…
In this July 18, 2025 JIS photo, Consumer Affairs Commission CEO Dolsie Allen addresses the CAC Upcycle Competition awards ceremony held at the offices of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica in Kingston.
28 Nov, 2025 0

Oran Hall | Let the Consumer Affairs Commission fight for you

The Consumer Affairs Commission, CAC, recovered $17.21 million as compensation for aggrieved customers from 971 complaints for the period April to November, 2024, according to the Jamaica Information…
Boats are seen along the banks of the Black River in St Elizabeth on November 20, 2025. Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica on October 28 has disrupted river tours and other business activity.
28 Nov, 2025 0

Yaneek Page | 2026: A hard road ahead for small businesses

We can finally wave goodbye to the 2025 hurricane season but it may be 18 months or more before Jamaica can exhale, particularly now that the message is coming from two institutions responsible for…
A painting by Frida Kahlo titled ‘El sueño (La cama)’ or ‘The dream (The bed)’, is displayed at Sotheby’s auction rooms in London.
28 Nov, 2025 0

Frida Kahlo’s record-breaking painting El Sueño positions death as a roommate

Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait, El Sueño (La Cama), or The Dream (The Bed), has sold for US$54.7 million (£41.4m) at Sotheby’s New York. It is now the most expensive Latin American artwork in…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (left), uses one of the newly acquired walk behind tractors to plough land during a handover ceremony of walk behind tractors and earth augers on November 26, 2025 at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St
28 Nov, 2025 0

Agriculture Ministry delivers $10 million in equipment to support farmers on arable and challenging lands

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has handed over $10 million worth of walk-behind tractors and earth augers to support…
Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr David Lowe, addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on November 26
28 Nov, 2025 0

DBJ launches $10 billion business recovery programme

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has launched a $10-billion M5 Business Recovery Programme to support businesses that have been disrupted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Managing Director,…