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Gail Moss-Solomon, general counsel & chief corporate secretary (left) and Kenny-Dee Bryan, human resource officer, Consumer Brands Limited, and GK Earth365 Ambassador (second right) join students from the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in a read-aloud of the
February 19, 2026

Corporate Hands | GraceKennedy Foundation celebrates National Play Day with Jessie Ripoll Primary

Caribbean Cement Company Limited Social Impact Specialist, Jerome Cowans (second right), shares a photo opportunity with the St. Elizabeth Municipal Cooperation Deputy Inspector of the Poor, Jermaine Porter (right), Vice Principal in charge of administrati
February 19, 2026

Corporate Hands | Caribbean Cement Company Limited donates textbooks to schools in St Elizabeth

Charmaine Heslop-DaCosta (second right), senior vice president, People Operations, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), and Sophia Lewis (second left), Head, JPS Foundation, stand with Myung Ho Kwon (left), chief executive officer, EWP, and Damian Obiglio (right)
February 19, 2026

Corporate Hands | Jamaica Public Service Company shareholders assist employees impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Presenters at the ‘Advancing the Circular Economy’ Workshop, staged at the Caribbean Maritime University on Tuesday. Among them is Eleanor Jones (seated, first from left), head of Environmental Solutions Limited, which organised the event.
February 19, 2026

Earth Today | Environmental Solutions Limited offers waste reduction model

JAMAICA IS being encouraged to accelerate its transition away from the ‘take-make-dispose’ model of a linear economy that sees products flooding the island’s waste disposal sites long before the end…
Inger Andersen
February 19, 2026

Earth Today | ‘Global environmental cooperation alive’

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has insisted that international environmental cooperation is alive and kicking – deserving of financial support and continued political will, in the…
A policeman approaches the house on Marlin Way in Braeton, Portmore in St Catherine yesterday, where a woman and her daughter were reportedly attacked by a man believed to be of unsound mind. The daughter was rushed to the hospital while the mother died in
February 18, 2026 by Andre Williams

FEAR TURNS FATAL

Shock, grief, and simmering anger have engulfed residents of Marlin Way in Braeton, Portmore, after a 63-year-old mother was brutally chopped to death inside her home. It was an attack neighbours say…
Sophie Grizzle-Roumel, hotelier at Charela Inn in Negril, Westmoreland.
February 18, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘Death knell for small hotels’

WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica’s tourism sector continues its post-Hurricane Melissa recovery, small hotel operators are warning that new tax measures slated for implementation in April 2027 could…
His court date is being finalised.
February 18, 2026

Westmoreland resident accused of shooting man with spear gun

The police in Westmoreland have charged a 37-year-old man for allegedly using a spear gun to shoot another man in the chest. He is construction worker Cashmar Tomlinson of Strathbogie, who has been…
Patching along the Junction main road near Castleton Gardens.
February 18, 2026

Major patching works for Junction main road

The National Works Agency (NWA) is carrying out major patching of the main thoroughfare along the Junction corridor, extending from Grande Hole in St Mary to the St Andrew border. Communication…