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Members of the Morant Bay High School Alumni Association (MBHSAA) and Principal of Easington Primary School, Marigold Webber-Smith (centre), share a photo opportunity with the Top Girl and Top Boy, Jaysianna Hutchinson (third left) and Javien Robb (right),
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Corporate Hands | Morant Bay High School Alumni Association ‘gives back’ to Easington Primary

Guardian Life Limited donated three 1,000-gallon water tanks to Mico Practising Primary and Junior High School, under its Water Tank Initiative programme. The handover was attended by (from left) Member of Parliament for Southeastern St Andrew, Julian Robi
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Corporate Hands | Guardian Life donates water tanks to Mico Practising Primary and Junior High School

From left: Trishauna Davis, patient care assistant; Deidra Grey, brand manager - Betty; and Margaret Robb, nurse administrator, share a moment during Betty’s Porridge Month breakfast pop-up at the Kingston Public Hospital on Friday, October 9. As a gestu
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Corporate Hands | Betty serves up a warm start to Porridge Month for KPH staff

Mildred Myers Isaacs, teacher at Galilee Early Childhood Development Centre in Kingston, proudly showcases the first delivery of Nutri+ Milk. The school is set to receive 2,400 units of milk throughout the 2026/2027 academic year.
22 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Six more schools benefit from Seprod’s year-long milk initiative

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THIRSTY FOR CASH - NWC seeks massive rate hike, warns of investment cuts without it as debts mount

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has confirmed that it received an application from the National Water Commission (NWC) for a 51 per cent increase in tariff over a five-year period. The NWC’s…
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
21 Oct, 2026 0

US pledges renewed Caribbean focus

Positioning the United States as a true “Caribbean nation”, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau says Washington under the Trump administration is actively reorienting its foreign policy…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon (fifth right, front row), and ministry executives pose for a photograph with the 2025 recipients of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Government Scholarships during the Annual
21 Oct, 2026 0

64 PEP students awarded government scholarships valued over $7 million

Sixty-four students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations in 2025 and 2026 have been awarded government scholarships valued more than $7 million. Recipients of named government…
21 Oct, 2026 0

Latin America and the Caribbean urged to take ownership of artificial intelligence

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region must take greater ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) to address its main development…
Trisha Williams-Singh, Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission
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Jamaica to host early-childhood development leaders from Eastern Caribbean October 21-22

Jamaica will host early-childhood development leaders from across the Eastern Caribbean at a two-day Knowledge Exchange Study Tour, aimed at strengthening regional early-childhood development (ECD)…