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First-time recipients of the 2026 Carlton Alexander Memorial Bursary are pictured at the awards ceremony held last month at GraceKennedy’s headquarters in downtown Kingston. Sharing the moment are (standing, from left) Edward Alexander, son of the late C
18 Sep, 2026 0

GK Foundation invests $32m in student support

The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has reinforced its investment in education, providing more than $32 million in scholarships and bursaries to Jamaican students.
Maxcine Headley (third right), principal of Kendal Primary and Infant, and secretary for JN Circle Mandeville takes a group photo (from left), De’Ante Livingston of the JN Group; Cheryl Walker, teacher at Kendal Primary and Infant; Mildred Rattary, treas
18 Sep, 2026 0

New roofs, fresh start for Kendal schools

For teachers and students at two schools in Kendal, Manchester, the new school term began with more than the excitement of returning to the classroom; they also returned to learning spaces made safer…
18 Sep, 2026 0

Update | Direct deposit NIS pension payments fixed

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising NIS pensioners that pension payments have now been successfully uploaded. The Ministry says pensioners who receive their payments through direct…
Speaker of Jamaica’s House of Representatives Juliet Holness.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Juliet Holness elected CPA vice-chair in historic first

Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness has been elected vice chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), the first such appointment for a female presiding officer…
Johnson Smith
17 Sep, 2026 0

TCN U-TURN

A decision by Jamaica and the United States to withhold the full details of the controversial third-country nationals (TCN) agreement has been described as “odd” by former diplomat Byron Blake, who…
Caption: From left: Jorge Martinez, country manager of Cemex Jamaica and managing director of Carib Cement; Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Daryl Vaz; and Airports Authority of Jamaica Chairman Dr Douglas Lindo listen as PAC Kingston A
17 Sep, 2026 0

$8.1 billion NMIA apron upgrade gathers pace

Work is under way on an $8.1-billion project to reconstruct and upgrade the aircraft apron at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, a key component of the facility’s…
Hall
17 Sep, 2026 0

Adapt or be left behind, administrative professionals told

WESTERN BUREAU: Administrative professionals who fail to adapt to rapid technological change and evolving workplace demands risk being left behind, according to Keron Hall, president of the Kingston…
From left: PAHO Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa and Gilead Sciences Chief Commercial and Corporate Affairs Officer Johanna Mercier, with copies of the agreement that enables Latin American and Caribbean countries to access lenacapavir as part of preventive medi
17 Sep, 2026 0

PAHO expands access to HIV prevention drug

WASHINGTON (CMC): The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is opening new avenues for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to access lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention…
Ethnie Miller Simpson.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Miller Simpson warns about data drain as J’cans feed foreign AI services

WESTERN BUREAU: Educator Ethnie Miller Simpson is expressing concern that while Jamaica is pumping information into artificial-intelligence (AI) systems at an accelerating rate, the country does not…