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Thirteen-year-old Niyati Chetransh will perform a groundbreaking AI fusion symphony at the India satellite event, alternating lines between artificial intelligence and her own live music.
20 Sep, 2025 0

AI belongs to everyone

The UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA) will host its sixth annual online one-day AI4IA Conference on September 28 to commemorate the…
St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church
20 Sep, 2025 0

Hannah Town revisited

My article on the history of Hannah Town, which was published in The Gleaner on August 25, had feedback from people who grew up in and around Hannah Town in the 1950s. These readers pointed to…
Kymberli Whittaker, defence attorney.
20 Sep, 2025 0

Defence attorney wants urgent review of penalties under firearms law

Concerned about the harsh penalties faced by individuals, including children, for possessing imitation firearms, a defence lawyer is calling for an urgent review of Jamaica’s firearm legislation.…
Paul Norman
20 Sep, 2025 0

Tourism stalwart starts own business

Armed with nearly four decades of exceptional service in the tourist industry, Tourism Excellence Award winner, Paul Norman, has taken the bold and sensible step to start his own business in Jamaica’s…
Navasky Anderson scored a massive personal best.
20 Sep, 2025 0

Navasky Anderson scores massive national record in historic 800m final

Although he finished adrift of the podium finishes in the men’s 800-metre final at the Tokyo Athletics Championships, Jamaica’s Navasky Anderson scored a massive personal best, lowering the national…
Jamaica’s Tia Clayton (centre) hands the baton over to Tina Clayton during a 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
20 Sep, 2025 0

No hiccups for 4x100m women

After the drama of the men’s failure to get the baton round, Jamaica’s women’s quartet of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith executed smoothly from start to finish to win…
World Championships silver medallist Kishane Thompson (left) and teammate Ryiem Forde walk to the finish line, dejected men, after dropping the baton in the men's 4x100-metre heats.
20 Sep, 2025 0

Jamaica's fast men face 4x100m disaster

Disaster struck the Jamaican quartet of Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, and Kishane Thompson at the World Athletics Championships as they failed in their attempt to make the men’s…
From left: Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Roneisha McGregor paint a relaxed picture after winning their World Athletics Championships heat in Tokyo, Japan today.
20 Sep, 2025 0

Jamaican women impress in 4x400 heats

The Jamaican quartet of Dejanea Oakley, Stacey-Ann Williams, Roniesha McGregor, and Nickisha Pryce stormed into the final of the women’s 4x400-metre Relay at the World Athletics Championships in…
A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama.
20 Sep, 2025 0

David Cox | Case for tariff reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Ever since the US Government announced that it would raise tariffs on imports earlier this year, a global debate was reignited on the role tariffs play in a country’s economic policy. If nothing else,…