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Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
Published 19 hours ago

JTA president wants urgent nat’l meeting on violence in schools

Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling for an urgent national meeting involving key education stakeholders to confront the growing problem of violence in schools,…
A Caribbean national collects vetiver grass.
Updated 15 hours ago

Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes

CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…
ESL chair and chief executive officer, Eleanor Jones
Updated 15 hours ago

Earth Today | Heir apparent

STEPHEN JONES is a new addition to the senior leadership of the consultancy firm, Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL); and he is keen to make his mark in the environment sector while transforming…
(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)
Published 19 hours ago

Earth Today | ‘Embrace renewables’

AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current…
Shelle Parchment (left) and Antoinette Fisher, managing directors, Inner Bloom IV Bar.
Updated 15 hours ago by Carl Gilchrist

Ocho Rios gets IV therapy bar as Inner Bloom opens

Banking on her own health-related experiences, wedding consultant, fashionista and entrepreneur Shelle Parchment has taken another bold step with the launch of St Ann’s first IV bar, Inner Bloom. The…
The Gwarra Cherry African Kumina Group in action.
Published 19 hours ago by Paul H. Williams

Kumina workshop to explore African ancestral traditions

An immersive Kumina workshop is set to take over the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) at 12 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston, on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon addresses the St James Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday, April 9.
Published 19 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

StJMC cracks down on advertisers owing $30m

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has begun intensifying enforcement measures to compel advertisers to settle outstanding billboard fees, which have gone unpaid despite…
Matthew Lyn, chief executive officer of CB Group, addressing ‘The Time is Now’ media briefing yesterday held at the Jamica Food and Drink Kitchen in Kingston.
Published 19 hours ago

CB Group plans $1b investment to strengthen egg, pork supply

Hurricane Melissa dealt a heavy blow to Jamaica’s egg industry, damaging layer houses in production and sharply reducing output, even as large-scale broiler operations withstood the storm. Livestock…
Published 3 hours ago

22-y-o woman on murder charge following fatal fight

A 22-year-old Kingston woman has been charged with murder after inflicting fatal injuries to a man during a fight. Shanice Dixon, of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11, has also been charged with being…