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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…
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
CXC partners with BVI for customer service certification of public-sector workforce
At the request of the Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has been partnering with the British Overseas Territory for the certification of its…
December 9, 2025
Study analyses effects of ultra-processed foods on the body
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially altered products - like soda, snacks and processed meats - packed with additives and stripped of nutrients. Hundreds of new ingredients, previously…
December 9, 2025
Wong gifts alma mater St George’s College with words of wisdom, $40m gym
Perseverance – that tenacity to remain determined and driven – was the theme of the presentation of philanthropist Philip Wong, in the second of the three-part lecture series at St George’s College,…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
An angel in the flood
What should have been a routine two-minute drive from Dominica Drive to Chelsea Manor turned into a harrowing 15-minute ordeal for an elderly couple, after their car was swept away by raging…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
A war on drugs
“Cocaine is a major source of funding for the gangs in Jamaica.” That was the blunt assessment from a US administration official during a September 19 high-level briefing last Friday in Kansas City,…
December 9, 2025
Teenager who admitted to making false sexual assault complaint charged
Investigators in the St Catherine North police division have charged a 16-year-old girl with creating public mischief after she admitted in court that she lied about being sexually assaulted by a…
December 9, 2025
US revokes visa for Colombia's president after he urges American soldiers to disobey Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the United States and Colombia have escalated with the State Department announcing it was revoking a visa for Gustavo Petro, president of the Latin American country,…