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Dorreth Heman, female Farmer in Waterford, Guys Hill, tries to salvage tomatoes from her field. She says the drought has affected her entire farm forcing her to purchase food that she normally produced.
August 27, 2026

Earth Today | UNEP report champions Drought Resilience Capacity Index

AS PARTS of the world, including Jamaica, wrestle with drought conditions made worse by the intense heat, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a technical report that proposes…
Elkhorn and staghorn corals once dominated Caribbean reefs.
August 27, 2026

Earth Today | The case for sharing the Caribbean’s toughest corals

THE CARIBBEAN’S living reef architecture is disappearing within our lifetime, threatening the future of Caribbean fisheries, beaches and marine tourism. Across the Caribbean, prolonged heat stress…
CIBC Caribbean, in partnership with National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), presented nine principals with a J$50,000 Mastercard® Prepaid Card each, in recognition of their unwavering dedication to their schools and communities during the reco
August 27, 2026

Corporate Hands | CIBC Caribbean honours principals

From left: Granville Gayle CEO NSL; Deputy Commissioner Sean Martin, JFB; OIC Fire Rescue Operations, Acting Deputy Commissioner Julian Davis-Buckle, JFB; Commissioner Stewart Beckford, JFB, reviewing the donated items.
August 27, 2026

Corporate Hands | National Safety facilitates international donation to Jamaica Fire Brigade

Bert Tomlinson Jr (left), director, Bert’s Auto Parts Foundation, and Roxanne Edwards-Chambers (right), junior human resources officer, Bert’s Auto Parts, celebrate with 16 young achievers receiving scholarships and grants from the foundation as part o
August 27, 2026

Corporate Hands | Bert’s Foundation awards $1.46M to 16 PEP achievers

Recipients of the Petrojam 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Scholarship (from left) Kenzo Riley and Denesha Watson of Greenwich Primary School and Joe-Lee Gordon and Neymar Price of St Andrew Primary School display their awards during the 20th anniversary P
August 27, 2026

Corporate Hands | PetroJam awards PEP scholarships to four top students

The 2026 cohort of Sagicor Foundation Jamaica’s Tertiary Scholarship Programme poses for a group photograph alongside Christopher Zacca (far right), president & CEO, Sagicor Group Jamaica and chairman of Sagicor Foundation Jamaica, and Nicole Campbell Ro
August 27, 2026

Corporate Hands | Sagicor Foundation Jamaica awards $27.8m in scholarships, grants

Derrick Foster, a 74-year-old retired district constable in St Elizabeth.
August 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

PENSION PAIN

Years after retiring from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), two former district constables say they are still without their full pensions, leaving them in financial distress and demanding answers.…
Senator Marlon Morgan.
August 26, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Consider use in compiling book lists, Morgan urges schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Marlon Morgan is urging school administrators to exercise greater care in preparing book lists, arguing that parents are sometimes asked to purchase textbooks and workbooks…