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Ten-year-old Enrique Aiken, who is enrolled in the literacy and numeracy programme funded by RIU Resorts at the Wested Educational Centre in Hart Street, Montego Bay in St James. 
April 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘I get to learn more’

WESTERN BUREAU: Ten-year-old Enrique Aiken speaks with quiet confidence, the kind that comes from finally understanding the work in front of him. “I get to learn more stuff – things we did before and…
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April 28, 2026

Shipping Schedule

MSC JAMAICA ZIM MOUNT DENALI 29/04 CMA CGM ARRISTOTE 29/04 TZINI 30/04 LILA HAREN 01/05 GREEN FOREST 02/05 CMA CGM BALBOA 03/05 VISITOR 04/05 CMA CGM ARICA 04/05 X-PRESS MOY 04/05 BF…
Franceita Renford at her workstation on a corridor along West Street in Port Antonio, Portland.
April 28, 2026

Portland mother still waiting for help

Six months after Hurricane Melissa tore through eastern Portland, Franceita Renford is still struggling to rebuild her life. A mother of two who lives in the Rio Grande Valley, her home was destroyed…
CSA General Manager Milaika Capella-Ras.
April 28, 2026

Caribbean shipping’s top executives are meeting in Curaçao

The world that Caribbean shipping operates in today looks very different from five years ago. Geopolitical tensions are rerouting global trade. Canal bottlenecks are straining capacity. The cruise…
Cedric The Entertainer stays true to keeping folks entertained in his role as Seth Holly in the Broadway adaptation of ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’.
April 28, 2026

Something Extra | Tuesday

A-listers made their way to The Barrymore Theatre in New York City over the weekend for opening night of Debbie Allen’s revival of August Wilson’s classic play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. In the…
A cruise ship docks at the port of Ocho Rios.
April 28, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

All‑inclusives recover, villas struggle amid cruise uncertainty

Larger, all-inclusive hotels in the Ocho Rios-Runaway Bay corridor were largely spared the worst of October’s Hurricane Melissa and, six months on, are mostly recording their customary high occupancy…
Members of the Corus International team, Amy Vu (left) and Emily Grose (second left), engage in conversation with Claudine Allen (centre), general manager of the JN Foundation; Omar Wright (second right), lead for environment and community development pro
April 28, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Corus International joins JN Foundation in rebuilding efforts

When representatives from the faith-inspired global organisation, Corus International, arrived in Jamaica in April, their goal was clear: to support recovery in action and document how their…
An overturned car among the rubble in Catherine Hall following the passage of Hurricane Melissa late last year.
April 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Billions needed to rebuild MoBay’s ‘ground zero’

WESTERN BUREAU: Restoring communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa could cost billions of dollars, with Montego Bay’s mayor warning that the country lacks the financial capacity for full mitigation…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness making a presentation in the House of Representatives on April 14.
April 28, 2026

PM to respond to concerns in NaRRA bill

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is expected today to respond to mounting concerns over the proposed National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that…