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December 9, 2025
by Rasbert Turner
Scholarship honouring Glowell Prep alum grows in second year
The Nicholai Graham Scholarship, established to support high-performing Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students from Glowell Preparatory School in Cedar Grove, Portmore in St Catherine, has expanded to…
December 9, 2025
Greenlight Toolkit a boost for Caribbean film industry
The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) served as the launchpad for a groundbreaking initiative to transform film financing across the Caribbean. TidalRise, a Kingston-based creative economy…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Eldemire Shearer: Dementia is nothing to be ashamed of
After last week’s public acknowledgement that former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been suffering from dementia, Professor of Public Health and Ageing Denise Eldemire Shearer says there…
December 9, 2025
From cancer-stricken to computer scientist
In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 16-year-old Ardenne High School student Katelyn Tait was diagnosed with cancer - stage two Hodgkin lymphoma. Come November 2026, a mere five years later, she…
December 9, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
When a 9-month-old is diagnosed with cancer …
It is a nightmare that parents dread, having their child diagnosed with a serious ailment such as cancer. Childhood cancer remains a significant health concern in Jamaica where leukaemia, lymphoma,…
December 9, 2025
UHWI starts foundation for childhood cancer care
Having treated hundreds of children with cancer over her two decades in medicine, consultant at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Dr Michelle Reece-Mills has taken a giant step to…
December 9, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
SSP Russell returns to take charge of St Ann as murders rise
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Carlos Russell is the new head of the St Ann Police Division, as murders in The Garden Parish rise above 2024 levels. Jamaica Constabulary Force statistics for…
December 9, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
Mary Issa Paediatric and Adolescent Health Centre nears completion
The Issa Trust Foundation (ITF) says the construction of the building to house the Mary Issa Paediatric and Adolescent Health Centre in Richmond, St Ann, is almost done. However, the ITF says it needs…
December 9, 2025
UNESCO, Digicel, Knutsford Express sponsor WWKIDS Education Conference
Following the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s observance of World International Day of Literacy on September 8, the organisation has sponsored the Winsome…