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Jadyn Sinclair (left), winner of the 2025 Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations Essay Competition, accepts a gift from Hugh Miller, acting general manager of the JN Financial Group, at the JN Group Corporate Offices recently. The occasion was a courtesy ca
April 4, 2026

Jamaican-American teen focused on giving back, preserving her heritage

From age 15, Jamaican-American student Jadyn Sinclair has distinguished herself among her peers, being the youngest ever vice-president of the student government at the Bronx High School of Science in…
Corporal Chevon McKoy serves bun and cheese to students at Jubilee Primary School on Wednesday.
April 4, 2026

Police spread Easter cheer at Jubilee Town Primary sports day

A modest donation of bun and cheese by police personnel from the Guy’s Hill Police Station in St Catherine brought lasting smiles to students of Jubilee Town Primary School on Wednesday. The occasion…
April 4, 2026

Police hunt man after gun seized during operation in Pleasant Valley, St Andrew

Police in the St Andrew North Division are searching for a man who ran from a mid-morning operation at his home in Pleasant Valley, Red Hills, leaving behind an illegal gun and ammunition. Being…
April 4, 2026

No ease-up for convicted serial rapist

A convicted serial rapist who carried out a string of brutal attacks on multiple victims, including an eight-year-old who was sodomised, will remain behind bars for 40 years after the Court of Appeal…
Professor William ‘Bill’ Aiken (centre), district governor for Rotary District 7020, explains how the defibrillator should be used to Dr Wendy-Ann Byfield-Lyons (second from right), medical officer in charge of the Duhaney Park Health Centre in St Andr
April 4, 2026

Duhaney Park Health Centre gets first defibrillator

It’s a universal fact in Jamaica that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of sudden death. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, deaths from cardiovascular diseases account for…
Ramon Smith, a JN volunteer, carries relief packages for residents of Harmony Hall. The JN Foundation with funding from Corus International, an ensemble of faith-based organisations, organised a mission to the community to provide residents, slowly recover
April 4, 2026

JN, St John continue post-Melissa relief in remote communities

For JN Foundation and St John Ambulance Jamaica, ongoing visits to Hurricane Melissa-battered communities in western Jamaica have reinforced a sense of resolve rather than fatigue. With the next…
Residents gather to get food at the World Central Kitchen location in Beeston Spring, Westmoreland, during the first month after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica last October.
April 4, 2026

Corent McDonald | Building back better must include building back the mind

In a recent national address, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness laid out a compelling and necessary vision for rebuilding Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. He outlined four forward-thinking…
Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world’s 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, on Friday, October 3, 2025.
April 4, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Women carrying the good news at Easter

“There is hope, because we are invited to trust that God will do a new thing.” Prophetic words from our dearly beloved in Christ, Sarah Mullally, the first woman to be installed as the Archbishop of…
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April 4, 2026

The power of blood covenants

I’ve said this before in an article and today, I’m saying it again: The Bible is a bloody book. In our modern-day, Western culture, blood is considered gory or unsanitary, but in Eastern cultures and…