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Bartlett to be honoured with Pyne Africa Icon Award

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is set to be honoured as a Tourism Icon at the PYNE Awards Africa 2026, in recognition of his global leadership in building tourism resilience and…

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South Florida bids bittersweet goodbye to Mair

With outgoing Jamaican Consul General to Miami Oliver Mair preparing to take up duties as consul general in New York, community organisations across South Florida and Atlanta recently held a number of…

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Kabaka Pyramid celebrates ‘Rebel Music’ project

Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste Kabaka Pyramid is set to release Rebel Music – The Lyrics Tape on August 28. The 10-track project commemorates the 15th anniversary of his breakthrough Rebel Music…

A demolished home in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny.

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Editorial | The fix for squatting

Coming so quickly after the Coopers Pen incident, last week’s vow by long-term occupiers of the Jacob Taylor Beach in Trelawny to resist their planned eviction by a state agency should concentrate the…

Buju Banton and Kes will act as honorary marshalls at the Labour Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on September 7.

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Buju Banton, Kes to marshall Caribbean Carnival Parade

Two of the Caribbean’s most influential musical voices, soca legend Kees Dieffenthaller of KesTheBand and reggae icon Buju Banton have been appointed honorary grand marshalls of the 59th Annual New…

The top four campers at the Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) Junior Creators Robotics Camp celebrate their SVF Robotics Scholarship wins. Pictured with Heather Goldson (left), executive director of the Supreme Ventures Foundation, are (from second left) K

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Junior Creators Robotics Camp equips students with skills to build the future

Eighty young innovators from Portmore communities spent five days building, coding and imagining the future at the Supreme Ventures Foundation’s (SVF) annual Junior Creators Robotics Camp, held from…

In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny.

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Urgent need for urban and rural informal settlement upgrading programme

THE EDITOR, Madam: There is a serious need for islandwide urban and rural informal settlement upgrading programme coordinated by the National Housing Trust (NHT). The callous demolition of the…

Amanda Lindo who plays young Merelda in ‘Redeemed’.

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‘Now or never’ for Tony Rebel

When Rastafarian entertainer Tony Rebel was invited to the premiere of the faith-based crime drama, Redeemed: A Father’s Love, he said that he had to make one of those “now-or-never decisions”. He…

Kim Mair (right), CEO of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, takes a first-hand look at Little Theatre’s new Digital Sound Board System, with her is Marisa Benain, executive director of the Little Theatre.

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JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation donates J$1.5m to support Little Theatre restoration

The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the JMMB Group, has donated J$1.5 million towards the restoration and preservation of the historic Little Theatre, supporting the purchase of…