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Lacey Ann Bartley, managing director of Bartley’s AllInWood, displaying some of her products.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Bartley’s, Ettenio join forces to package J’can luxury

WESTERN BUREAU: Two female-led Jamaican companies are betting that collaboration, local ingredients and a strong sense of place can give home-grown manufacturers a bigger slice of the lucrative…
Linvern Wright, principal of the William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny.
17 Sep, 2026 0

$100K mobile phones but no textbooks

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior school administrator is challenging parents to rethink their priorities as the new school year gets under way, noting that some are spending heavily on their children’s…
C.H.E.W. Foundation CEO, Sereste Bell (left) presents a backpack filled with school supplies to a participant of SOS Children’s Villages Jamaica. Looking on is the foundation’s chairperson, Dr Leanne Levers.
17 Sep, 2026 0

SOS children benefit from C.H.E.W. Foundation education drive

Approximately 70 children at SOS Children’s Villages Jamaica recently received back-to-school support from the C.H.E.W. Foundation, combining educational supplies with a day of activities aimed at…
From left: Monsignor Eremodo Muavesi, rector of the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Montego Bay, St James, formally blesses Mount Alvernia High School’s new solar-power system on Wednesday. Vaden Maragh, managing director of EMRIC Solutions Limited; Dawn
17 Sep, 2026 0

Mt Alvernia High gets $6.5m replacement solar-power system

WESTERN BUREAU: The Mount Alvernia High School (MAHS) in Montego Bay, St James, has received a new solar-energy system courtesy of its Central Florida International Alumni Association. The…
Some of the weapons seized by the police in the Half-Way Tree commercial hub in St Andrew since August 16.
17 Sep, 2026 0

JC student stabbed amid 700+ weapons seized in HWT in past month

More than 700 weapons have been confiscated from people in the Half-Way Tree town centre since August 16, including a few taken from schoolchildren, as the police seek to curb violence in the busy St…
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17 Sep, 2026 0

Businesses urged to help shape youth values

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is urging businesses and business leaders to play a more active role in reinforcing positive values among young Jamaicans. The PSOJ said the business…
17 Sep, 2026 0

Prosecutors push plea deals, defence calls for prepared cases

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Janek Forbes has endorsed calls for greater use of plea negotiations to help reduce the Home Circuit Court’s staggering criminal caseload. But Jamaica Advocates…
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Janek Forbes.
17 Sep, 2026 0

ODPP wants overhaul of witness case system

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is calling for greater focus on witness care and increased resources to support thousands of them facing prolonged waits for their cases to…
Professor Hopeton Dunn (left) introduces an art piece from his collection to former Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall (right) and his wife Rheima Hall at the opening of the ‘Kgotla!’ African Art and Artifact Exhibition at the Main Library of The Univer
17 Sep, 2026 0

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