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21 Sep, 2026 0

Brain activity can predict risky decisions before they happen: Study

SAN FRANCISCO (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of California, Berkeley, have identified two neighbouring regions in the human brain that…
 Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley
21 Sep, 2026 0

‘Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley deserves every honour’

The announcement that Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley has been named by The University of the West Indies as one of 13 honorees for its 2026 graduation ceremonies has been welcomed wholeheartedly by family…
Recipients of WINDALCO’s 2021 International Scholarship who returned to Jamaica in August after completing engineering degrees at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk Russia.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Eighteen Jamaican students return from Russia with engineering degrees

Eighteen Jamaican students are now back in Jamaica after completing engineering degrees at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The students were awarded fully funded scholarships…
Members of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation team (seated) with scholarship recipients at the recently held scholarship awards ceremony at Terra Nova All Suites Hotel.
21 Sep, 2026 0

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation awards $17.5 million in scholarships and bursaries

The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation presented scholarships and bursaries at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel. This year’s scholarship…
A mockup of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch stands at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, in Washington DC.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’

WASHINGTON, DC (AP): United States President Donald Trump said Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade…
Antonia Bravo eats a “completos”, traditional Chilean hot dogs topped with mashed avocado, diced tomatoes and mayonnaise, at the “El Portal Ex Bahamondes” restaurant in downtown Santiago, Chile.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Even beloved hot dogs feel economic squeeze

SANTIAGO ( AP): It is lunchtime in downtown Santiago, and dozens of businesses around the Plaza de Armas are serving up one of Chile’s most democratic specialties: the “completo”. For decades, the…
21 Sep, 2026 0

Haleigh Marshall | Literacy deserves a rights-based focus

Growing up, one of the common adages we were told in school was that “reading makes a full man”, or a full woman in my case. As I got older, I began to understand that concept in a more fulsome way.
Letters
21 Sep, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Who is responsible for deteriorating towns?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Whenever my family and I travel across Jamaica, we are always impressed by the beauty of our countryside, including the beaches, greenery, natural landscape, beautiful homes and…
Letters
21 Sep, 2026 0

The gap between promise and practice on child rights

THE EDITOR, Madam: The obligations owed to children do not end with the passage of legislation. As Jamaica prepares for international scrutiny of its human rights record, an important question…