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Radley Reid (left) and Donald Patterson (right), directors of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation, present education grants to Lilly Anne Douglas and Victor Stewart of The University of the West Indies. The recipients were two of four s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation awards $280,000 in grants to needy students

Some of the team members from Jamaica Broilers Group and its Best Dressed Chicken and Hi-Pro divisions, alongside NEPA’s Leonard Francis (second right), chief executive officer, and Monique Curtis (right), manager of Ecosystems Management Branch, after t
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | JBG removes over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach

More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St…
Some of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation series of empowerment and development activities under the European Union-sponsored BRIDGE Project, at the graduation and close out ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pega
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands| Hundreds of youth benefit from BRIDGE Project

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates…
Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal Melissa Anderson (second left, front row) and Andrea Livingstone-Prince (second right), cohort chair and member of the club with trainers from TPDCo and TeenHub.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal prepares St Thomas youth for jobs

IN RESPONSE to the urgent need for more skilled workers to fill jobs that have and will be created by the rapid economic and community development, the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal is…
Workers harvest cabbage on a field less than 10 miles from the border with Mexico, in Holtville, California.
December 9, 2025

Qu Dongyu | Let us be better together

This year’s World Food Day marks 80 years since the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), whose mandate from the outset has been to ensure humanity’s freedom…
Delicious jerk-marinated lamb chops with potato-pumpkin purée and garlic-buttered vegetables on display during a cooking class at the Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Montego Bay on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Women stirring the pot of change at Hyatt Ziva and Zilara

WESTERN BUREAU: The scent of jerk spice filled the terrace at Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Montego Bay, but something far richer was simmering, a story of perseverance, empowerment, and Jamaican pride.…
Reggae Boyz fans at a Concacaf Group B World Cup Qualifying match between Jamaica and Bermuda at the National Stadium on October 14. Jamaica won 4-0.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Boyz back on top

JAMAICA RETURNED to the top of the Group B standings in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers following an emphatic 4-0 victory over Bermuda last night at the National Stadium. An own goal from Bermudan…
Jamaica's Tyreece Campbell (left) drives past Bermuda's Keziah Martin during their Group B Concacaf World Cup qualification football game at the National Stadium earlier tonight. Jamaica won the game 4-0.
December 9, 2025

Reggae Boyz return to top of World Cup qualifying group

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz returned to the top of their Concacaf World Cup qualification group with the 4-0 drubbing of now-eliminated Bermuda tonight at the National Stadium. The Jamaicans opened the…
Troops loyal to CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina make their way to the presidency to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, October14, 2025. (AP Photo/ Brian Inganga)
December 9, 2025

Madagascar’s president ousted in military coup after weeks of youth-led protests

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled Tuesday in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunity in…