IN 2023, Kwame McPherson became the first Jamaican to win the prestigious, global Commonwealth Short Story competition. Since then, his presence is being requested at high-end events and on occasions, such as the one that took place at Buckingham...
FROM APRIL 10-12, two elite debate teams from the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE) Limited and the St Thomas Renaissance Foundation (STTRF) participated in the 2025 Bluebonnet World Schools Debate International Tournament...
ON TUESDAY, December 12, 2023 The Gleaner published an article headlined, ‘RJ Rums and Spirits growing and exuding the essence of Jamaica’. Among other things it exposed two flavours (ginger and sorrel) of beer brewed by Royal Jamaica Rums and...
AT THE recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association’s (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025, The Gleaner chanced upon two young men wearing jackets over their jeans and got the impression that they were exhibitors, since patrons were more casually...
B re’r Anancy and the Magic Pot, Brer Anancy and the Easter Egg Hunt, and Brer Anancy and Brer Duck are three books written by V. S. Russell to keep the main character, Brer Anancy, relevant. The former, a colouring and activity book for children...
THIS WEEKEND, Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, the Jamaica Horticultural Society (JHS) hosts its Annual Flower Show under the theme, ‘70 Years...
PATRONS AT the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025 might have seen some youngsters around a steering wheel manoeuvring a vehicle on a screen in front of them. And, they were having fun indeed with the...
PARADE GARDENS is not one of the glorified communities in Kingston for a plethora of reasons. Many of its residents, especially the young men, are underserved and undergoing various challenges. But there is hope, as there is an initiative,...
RECENTLY, INSIDE the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston, three creative businesses received $150,000 each and a trophy after they emerged winners of their respective categories in the National Craft Product Quality Showcase art and craft competition...
AT THE just concluded EXPO Jamaica 2025, held inside the Nation Arena and the National Indoor Sport Centre in St Andrew, there were many booths displaying and selling skin- and hair-care products made of nature ingredients and scents. There were (...
Patrons at Expo Jamaica, held at the National Indoor Sports Centre and the National Arena in St Andrew from last Thursday to yesterday, were exposed to numerous product offerings from large companies to small-scale entrepreneurs. During an...
THE SEASIDE community of Treasure Beach in south St Elizabeth is known the world over for its laid back charm and rustic allure, not to mention the Calabash Literary Festival. It is also home to many artisans and artists, and from Saturday, April...
Kwame McPherson, the first Jamaican to win (in 2023) the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, has been invited to represent the Caribbean by The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the 34th edition of the Abu Dhabi...
ON TUESDAY, March 11, inside the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston, three creative businesses received $150,000 each and a trophy after they emerged winners of their respective categories in the National Craft Product Quality Showcase art and craft...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of this year’s season of Lent, a period when Christians refrain from doing certain things, and engage in certain activities. “Lent, in the Christian church, [is] a period of penitential...
ON THURSDAY, February 20, the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) launched an exhibition called ‘Dancehall Male Fashion’ at 10-12 Ocean Boulevard in downtown Kingston. The event was moderated by Georgette...
The inaugural Kingston Poetry Week got its start on Sunday under the theme A Celebration of Caribbean Voices and Verse and is set to end on Saturday. The observance is put on by JAIKU, in partnership with CARICON, to showcase “the diversity,...
JAMAICAN-CARIBBEAN tourism and hospitality personality/businesswoman Nicola Madden-Greig was recently honoured with the ‘Professional Services Businesswoman of the Year Sales...
From 6 a.m. on Ash Wednesday, the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) in Jamaica was leading more than 200 volunteers in cleaning up a section of the beach along Palisadoes Road which is frequented by locals and visitors. “Yes, it’s the first time...
FROM FEBRUARY 20 to March 8, many of the late Eugene Hyde’s artworks belonging to his family are on an exhibition called, ‘Eugene Hyde 1931-1980 – A Retrospective...
Many students who live at Mary Seacole Hall, a residential facility on the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies, did not know who Mary Seacole really was before they moved in, and some might still not know after their sojourn has ended...
If We must Die is, perhaps, Claude McKay’s most famous poem. It was penned at a time when the United States (US) was rocked by rampant racial violence, and its messages of defiance and of dying with dignity resonated with scholars and the literati...
KINGSTON-BORN Isaac Edmestone Barnes, a trained surveyor and fruit exporter, established his own church, the Kingston Christadelphian Assembly, at 26½ Mark Lane. To escape racism in Jamaica he travelled to Britain, and then as a missionary to...
Before the English arrived in 1655, Spanish Jamaica had eight geographical regions: Northside, Bluefields, Guanaoboa, Withywood, St Jago de la Vega, Liguanea, Yallahs and Morant. From 1655-1675, the English divided the island into parishes, a...
