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August 21, 2026
Ways to reduce energy costs
Summer heatwaves can send businesses’ energy bills soaring, squeezing margins as air-conditioning systems work harder to keep premises cool. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce electricity costs…
August 21, 2026
Pan Jamaica Group acquires Discount Pharmacy property, charts Manor Park redevelopment
Pan Jamaica Group Limited (PJG) has acquired the property housing Discount Pharmacy on the corner of Constant Spring and Olivier roads in upper St Andrew, giving the conglomerate ownership of three…
August 22, 2026
5 Questions With D’Yani
Recording artiste and songwriter D’Yani has grown significantly since he first emerged on the Jamaican music scene a few years ago. The artiste, who is known to have ladies in their ‘feelings ’ and…
August 21, 2026
Peter Espeut | Happy birthday, Marcus Garvey!
Last Monday – August 17 – was the birthday of Jamaica’s first declared National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), a truly great Jamaican. He had his flaws (as do all of us) but the cause he…
August 21, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Money can’t buy motherhood
While women across the globe were having an average of five children in 1960, they are now having an average of two. This is a global phenomenon and not simply a local one. This is important to…
August 21, 2026
Editorial | If CTEC is to work ...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has declared the pilot of its modular exam and certification in mathematics an unqualified success. So, it is now full speed ahead for the unrestricted…
August 21, 2026
Letter of the Day | Scrutinise the Opposition, but keep power in view
THE EDITOR, Madam: Michael Abrahams is right that Jamaica needs an effective Opposition. But his argument risks setting an impossible standard: that an Opposition must answer publicly for every…
August 21, 2026
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August 21, 2026
Digicel set to roll out AI agent Ruby across Caribbean after Jamaica debut
Telecom provider Digicel Group revealed that Ruby, its artificial intelligence (AI)- powered assistant, now successfully resolves more than half of the queries routed through it in Jamaica without…