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Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
April 15, 2026

Editorial | Interlocutor for Kamla

For supporters of regional integration, as expressed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 2025 was, as Queen Elizabeth II characterised 1992, an annus horribilis.
Oliver Tomlinson, CEO of Canopy Insurance Company.
April 15, 2026

Canopy posts $4.8b revenue and nears erasing start-up deficit

Canopy Insurance Limited, a joint venture between GraceKennedy Group and Musson Jamaica Limited, posted profit for a third consecutive year, with revenue and earnings both rising by double-digit…
Norris McDonald
April 15, 2026

Norris R. McDonald | Poverty, ghetto survival, and land tenure struggles

Smoke curls from a wattle-and-daub, thatched-roof kren-kren in Epsom, St Mary, as the sun rises over terraced hillsides. Descendants of the Coromantee Maroons survive here through discipline, memory,…
Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support,
April 15, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | War – what is it good for?

Since January, it seems that the news has been full of war, military action, more than usual. We have had military activities continuing in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, the Caribbean,…
Life coach Nicola Clarke.
April 16, 2026

When strength needs support -Rebalancing life during menopause

There is a quiet moment many women encounter in midlife; one that rarely makes headlines but is deeply felt. It is not marked by outward crisis, but by an internal shift. A heaviness and a fatigue…
The ScripTalk device and medication containers with the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology tags. The assistive technology reads prescription information aloud, helping persons who are blind, visually impaired, or have reading challenges manag
April 15, 2026

Talking prescription technology improves medication access for the visually impaired

For persons who are blind, visually impaired, or living with reading challenges, something as routine as taking medication can be stressful and risky. Small print and complex medication instructions…
Nicolette Holness, a human resources professional from Toronto, poses in a plunging neckline mini, paired with matching heels and handbag.
April 15, 2026

Something Extra | Wednesday

Just a day before the Carnival in Jamaica road march, Sunnation Jamaica ushered in its fête experience with its signature all-inclusive Sunrise Breakfast Party at Hope Botanical Gardens in St Andrew.…
This image released by Disney shows Chase Infiniti (left), and Lucy Halliday in a scene from ‘The Testaments’.
April 15, 2026

Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ spinoff ‘The Testaments’ is about girlhood in Gilead

Throughout the six-season run of The Handmaid’s Tale, dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. It made sense because the US had turned into a totalitarian society called Gilead, where…
Pilates Instructor at Blūma, Divina Mahtani, assists attendee Shanique Sinclair, managing director of Global Insight International Exchange during the recent session.
April 15, 2026

NCB stretches into wellness with ‘She Means Business’ experience

As fitness experts and enthusiasts welcomed a fresh start to the fourth month of the year, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) on March 28 wrapped up International Women’s Day celebrations with a…