News

A mine operated by Serra Verde Mining digs for rare earth elements including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium, which are essential for the production of permanent magnets, in Minacu, Goias state, Brazil, July 28, 2025.
August 22, 2026

US and others turn to Brazil for rare earths

In the global race to secure rare earths that are key for everything from mobile phones to green technologies, Brazil is emerging as an alternative to China’s dominance, particularly for the United…
Jason Arday.
August 22, 2026 by George Ruddock

Lord Woolley joins call for inquiry into ‘hounding’ of Jason Arday

LONDON: Lord Simon Woolley, the principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, has joined forces with the campaigning pressure group Good Law Project to call for an immediate investigation in the media…
Patrons enjoy the good vibes at the inaugural Original Shed Reunion Retro Party.
August 22, 2026

Original Shed Reunion Retro Party revives Falmouth’s golden era

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: For one unforgettable night, the clock turned back more than four decades as hundreds of former patrons of the legendary Shed nightclub reunited at the historic Martha Brae Water…
Helene Coley Nicholson addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association delegation during her keynote address at the association’s 62nd Annual Conference at Ocean Coral Spring in Trelawny.
August 22, 2026

Coley Nicholson: Focus on physical schooling over AI

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Helene Coley Nicholson, president of Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship Jamaica, is encouraging educators to prioritise interpersonal interaction with students to develop…
Medical and healthcare practitioners listen keenly to data on mental health during the Western Regional Health Authority’s Family Health Review, held at the Burchell Baptist Church Hall in Montego Bay on August 20.
August 22, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Stigma blocking children from mental-health care

WESTERN BUREAU: Nurse practitioner Tackaya Brown-Lawrence, who heads the St James Child and Adolescent Wellness Centre, says mental-health stigma remains a major barrier preventing children and…
Head of the JPS Foundation Sophia Lewis (left) in conversation with Paul Thomas Watson, one of the Foundation’s six Power Up East-West Power Grant recipients at a recent awards ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Watson was awarded a s
August 22, 2026

Built For success - Aspiring civil and medical engineer among JPS Foundation scholars

Civil engineering dreams for Paul Thomas Watson were moulded as a teenage labourer on construction sites, working alongside his father. Now, days away from beginning his degree at the University of…
Residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny staging a demonstration on August 22, 2026.
August 22, 2026

Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny residents appeal to PM for help amid demolition

Residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny returned to the streets Saturday morning, appealing to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness for help and calling for their relocation following the recent…
August 22, 2026

56-year-old Portland woman charged over alleged church break-in

A 56-year-old Portland woman has been charged for allegedly breaking into a church and stealing items. She is Jane Brown, a vendor of Stony Hill in Ranza, who is charged with sacrilege and receiving…
St Catherine Parish Court
August 22, 2026

Update | Portmore woman accused of making false house break-in report to get grant remanded

The Portmore, St Catherine, woman charged for allegedly making a false robbery report to the police in an attempt to obtain money was remanded when she appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on…