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Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie (left), former chair of the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust, has the captive attention of (from second left) Professor Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, Early Childhood Care and Education, The University of the West Indies (UWI); Alma Jean Panton,
December 22, 2025

Dudley Grant: Visionary architect of early childhood education

Despite all its ongoing challenges, the current early childhood sector is a far cry from what it was prior to the revolutionary intervention and impact of Dudley Grant. For more than a century, early…
Emerging fusion reggae artiste Complex Ricki speaks honestly about living with bipolar disorder.
December 22, 2025

Singer Complex Ricki talks mental health

With a stage name like Complex Ricki, one would think that this young emerging fusion reggae artiste battling a bipolar disorder would be more rambunctious, full of impish mischief and volcanic…
Robertha Carter (left), pharmacy technician, National Health Fund, presents to Dorrett Burton her free prescription drugs after seeing the doctor at the Hurricane Recovery Health Clinic in Thornton, St Elizabeth.
December 22, 2025

Melissa, a blessing?

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited, Allkare Wellness Foundation, and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged its Hurricane Recovery…
In this scene from ‘Boopsie’s Homecoming’, Petal (Renae Williams) pleads for the understanding of Boopsie (Glen Campbell, left) as she tries to find excuses for her decision to “invest” his money saved up to build his dream house, in an unregulat
December 22, 2025

Patrick Brown takes aim at Ponzi schemes in ‘Boopsie’s Homecoming’

Prolific playwright Patrick Brown takes viewers on a hilarious romp to witness how Boopsie’s homecoming unfolds as much as it unravels in his latest stage comedy of the same name. Boopsie’s…
Hurricane relief supplies were recently distributed by the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) to residents of eastern Hanover – with a tent being donated to the Jericho Primary School. In photo from left: Andria Dehaney-Grant, councillor and
December 22, 2025

Eastern Hanover welcomes BGLC hurricane relief

Residents of Eastern Hanover in the communities of Jericho, Retrieve, and Morris have welcomed recent hurricane supplies of tarpaulins, tents, mattresses, and household packages by the Betting Gaming…
People engage with JN+ staff members during their health camp at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay.
December 22, 2025

JN+ strengthens HIV response after Hurricane Melissa

In moments of crisis, disruptions to healthcare, medication access, transportation, and essential services can have serious consequences for People Living with HIV (PLHIV).
Students of Chester Castle Basic and Primary School pose for a photo.
December 22, 2025

Chester Castle Basic and Primary School gets a fresh beginning

Thanks to a grant from the German Embassy, Chester Castle Basic and Primary School in Hanover has begun to breathe again after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. The school lost its entire roof,…
December 22, 2025

Study: This tiny protein helps control how hungry you feel

WASHINGTON DC (ANI): Researchers have identified a previously overlooked protein that helps regulate appetite and energy use in the body. This ‘helper’ protein supports a key system that decides…
Ira Schab (right) who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as a sailor on the USS Dobbin, talks with reporters while sitting next to his son, retired Navy Commander Karl Schab, in December 2022, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
December 22, 2025

Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs told The Associated…