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A dungeon at Cape Coast Castle, a “slave castle” used in the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, is seen in Cape Coast, Ghana.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | Collision of crowns

It is not known what constitutional advice King Charles sought, or received, before referring Jamaica’s request for an advisory opinion on whether slavery was ever legal under English law to the…
This was the icing on the cake as an unplanned performance by Trumpeters Vivian Scott, Chico Chin and Andre Gayle, along with trombonist Everton Gayle joined saxophonist Lukel Miller and trumpeter Mickey Hanson brought the evening to grand finale.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Smooth sailing with Mickey Hanson and After Six band

On October 1, bandleader and trumpeter Mickey Hanson, whisked patrons away on what he billed “a musical cruise” and what a voyage it turned out to be as they sailed from Kingston’s Grosvenor Galleries…
CSA General Manager Milaika Capella-Ras
06 Oct, 2026 0

Shipping | Following the cargo: Why the Caribbean’s shipping leaders are heading to Guyana

Regional maritime and logistics executives will meet in Georgetown this month as Guyana’s growth brings the opportunities and difficult choices facing Caribbean shipping into sharper focus. In…
From left: William Brown, president, Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA); Milaika Capella Ras, general manager, CSA; Alexandre Robinet, Zero Emission Port Alliance; and Capt Rawle Baddaloo, chair of the CSA’s sustainability committee, during the CSA–I
06 Oct, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | Caribbean port leaders bring home European lessons on shore power, electrification and port investment

ANTWERP, Belgium: Port leaders from six Caribbean countries have identified potential priorities for cleaner, more resilient and more competitive operations following a five-day study visit to three…
Kim Mair, CEO of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation (right), and Sabrina HoSang Jordan, CEO of Caribbean Food Delights and daughter of the late Vincent HoSang, engage in conversation at the launch of the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition
06 Oct, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | UWI Venture Competition expands beyond the pitch with AI training and international

The Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition is broadening its focus this year, with artificial intelligence training, an international mentor pool and continued post-competition business support aimed…
Everald Warmington
06 Oct, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | The essence of identification

In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland beyond the stars where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solves political dilemmas by parable, Government’s slavery reparations strategy came under…
Representational image of a sad child
06 Oct, 2026 0

Michael Abrahams | The hidden toll of childhood sexual abuse

Last month, two news reports deeply disturbed me. The first was about the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The incident took place one morning when, after alighting from a taxi at the entrance to a housing…
Project STAR Community Services Coordinator Jodi-Ann Bowen (left) reads with young recipients as they explore books received through the Supplies4Students initiative.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | Supplies4Students puts textbooks in hands of 19 hurricane-affected students

For 19 students in western Jamaica, returning to the classroom after Hurricane Melissa has become a little easier, thanks to a student-led initiative that raised almost J$400,000 to purchase textbooks…
06 Oct, 2026 0

Letter of the Day | Speak out against corruption!

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing in support of Dr Dwayne Vernon’s commentary, ‘Trust deficit: Corruption, good governance and the way forward’. His central warning is correct: corruption corrodes the…