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Participants take part in a practice session as programme facilitator Travis Graham (background) observes and guides the exercise.
December 15, 2025

Men take lead in Project STAR-supported community mentorship

A group of emerging community leaders from across Jamaica is gearing up to guide young people toward safer, more supportive futures through a newly launched mentorship programme implemented by Project…
Mortimer performs at The Lost in Time Festival held at Hope Gardens, St Andrew in February 2023.
December 15, 2025

Grammy-nominated Mortimer headlines Artwalk Festival

The Gran’ Market Artwalk, curated by Kingston Creative, is set to transform Water Lane and Church Street into the ultimate celebration of culture, commerce, and community. Scheduled for next Sunday,…
Lifespan Spring Water Sales Associate Kayla Scott and her colleague Nickolas Brown – a warehouse and inventory clerk.
December 15, 2025

Duty over despair

Two Montego Bay-based employees of Lifespan are being hailed as quiet heroes of Hurricane Melissa, after choosing duty over despair in the days when their own lives were upended by crisis.
Reggae songbird and daughter of August Town, Etana, performing at the Rise to the Occasion concert, a tribute to Sizzla Kalonji’s 30 years in the music industry; held Sunday October 19 at Sabina Park, Kingston.
December 18, 2025

‘Stay Strong Jamaica’ benefit concert for South Florida

A major reggae concert will be held in South Florida in January to raise funds to support Jamaica’s hurricane recovery programme. The event, dubbed ‘Stay Strong Jamaica’, will take place on January 2,…
JMMB team members and parents at the recently organised CHAMP Parenting Conference in Montego Bay.
December 15, 2025

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation empowers parents

The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the JMMB Group, recently partnered with Talk Up Yout’s CHAMP (Child Home and Mentorship Project) Parenting Conference, held at the S Hotel…
Jimmy Cliff performs during the Timbre Rock and Roots concert on Friday March 22, 2013 in Singapore.
December 15, 2025

Farewell for Jimmy Cliff an Official Celebration of his life

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says that the farewell to reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, scheduled for this Wednesday at the National Indoor Sports Centre, will be an…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 15, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Why civility matters

Asked what he felt was the major fault line of American culture at this time, retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy named the absence of civility – defined as the practised respect – first…
A hot-air balloon flies over the assembly of two giant alabaster statues for Pharaoh Amenhotep III, before the official opening, in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt.
December 15, 2025

Restored colossal statues of Pharaoh in Luxor revealed

LUXOR (AP): Egypt, on Sunday, revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent Pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon.
December 15, 2025

Editorial | Early childhood crisis

Even before Hurricane Melissa caused major destruction in the west of the island, early childhood education, like the rest of Jamaica’s education system, was in deep crisis. The storm has made the…