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From left: Celia Alleyne Ebanks, programmes manager, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation; Kim Mair, CEO, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation; Dr Kevin Brown, president, Utech, Jamaica; Dr Garcia Green-McLennon, chief technical officer of special projects in the office of
December 9, 2025

UTech to add 1,000 student beds amid homelessness concerns

Plans are under way to accommodate 1,000 new beds for students at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, as the institution moves to tackle student homelessness and food insecurity. UTech…
Discovery Bauxite offered its congratulations to United Way of Jamaica (UWJ) on its 40th anniversary and renewed its pledge of support to the organisation. The bauxite company has been a corporate giver to UWJ since the agency’s inception in 1985. Employ
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Discovery Bauxite renews support to United Way of Jamaica

Mangroves serve as a nature-based solution to reduce flooding risks.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | Trinidad’s vulnerable South Oropouche River Basin gets flood relief

TWO PIROGUE-STYLE fishing boats glide down the South Oropouche River over deep murky water, winding past twisted green mangrove trees looming out from the shallows along both banks. Caimans sun amid…
TIP Friendly Society hosted its annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on September 25, at the Iberostar Rose Hall Waves Hotel, celebrating academic excellence and supporting the educational dreams of Jamaica’s youth and those employed in the education secto
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | TIP Friendly Society awards over $4.5m in scholarships to over 60 deserving recipients

Flow Foundation Community Programme Coordinator, Courtney Bell (right), is joined by Dr Sharon McLean-Salmon (left), consultant paediatrician haematologist/oncologist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) and Nurse Kaydia Landell-Collins during the
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Flow Foundation brings smiles and support to children battling cancer

Scotia Foundation volunteers pose proudly after removing 138 bags of waste and recyclables from the coastline during their activities for International Coastal Cleanup Day.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Scotia Foundation celebrates ICCD

Jamalco has partnered with Bustamante High School to transform two classrooms into state-of-the-art literacy and numeracy laboratories at a cost of $2 million. In the photo, Jamalco’s Managing Director, Marvin Jackson, cuts the ribbon with Bustamante Hig
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Bustamante High School opens new literacy, numeracy labs with support from Jamalco

The 2025 PEP Scholarship awardees beam with pride as they celebrate their achievements at the official ceremony. Standing proudly with them are Seprod Foundation and Group leaders (back row, from left): Lisa D’Oyen, Seprod Foundation executive director;
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Seprod Foundation empowers students with annual PEP Scholarship awards

Lauri-Ann Samuels, executive director, National Baking Company Foundation, shows off their trash collection haul from her team’s efforts on International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 on September 20.
December 9, 2025

‘We did good’