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Jamaica Labour Party Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie speaking at a press conference on Friday.
07 Nov, 2026 0

No public session at JLP conference this year

Veteran politician J.C. Hutchinson will step down as deputy leader, highlighting leadership changes as the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) shifts to a scaled-down, private delegates-only…
Dawkins Brown.
07 Nov, 2026 0

Privy Council shuts door on Dawkins Brown’s fight to regain accountant’s licence

The United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has refused Dawkins Brown permission to appeal his removal from Jamaica’s Register of Public Accountants, bringing his latest attempt…
07 Nov, 2026 0

Why achieving your goals can leave you feeling so empty

THE CONVERSATION: When Anne Carson learned she had won the Nobel Prize in literature, she was in Iceland, where, according to the Swedish Academy, she was "listening to the wind". Carson…
From left: C. Maxwell Holness, president of the Westgreen Community Development Committee (CDC) in Montego Bay, St James; Pamella Findley, treasurer of the CDC; Carlton Headley, the CDC’s past public relations officer and assistant secretary; Joan Sargea
07 Nov, 2026 0

Westgreen honours community stalwarts

Western Bureau: Four members of the Westgreen community in Montego Bay, St James, have been honoured by the area’s Community Development Committee (CDC) for more than 30 years of exemplary service to…
Marsha Wiles (centre), customer service representative at Mystic Mountain, is all smiles as she displays her National Individual Champion award alongside Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (left) and Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Chairman Ian S
07 Nov, 2026 0

Appleton Estate Rum Experience wins top tourism award

WESTERN BUREAU: Barely seven months after reopening its doors following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience, in St Elizabeth, has emerged as…
Steve Dixon, chief technical director for energy at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport.
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Jamaican talent key to renewable energy goals – ministry rep

Jamaica’s transition to renewable energy must be driven not only by investment in equipment, but also by investment in local talent, according to Steve Dixon, chief technical director for energy at…
07 Nov, 2026 0

‘A message has to be sent ...’

TORONTO: There is mixed reaction to the sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 13 years which was handed down to a Jamaican man who was found guilty of second-degree murder in the…
Appleton Estate Master Blender, Dr Joy Spence, greets Siloah Primary School Principal Oneil Larmond during the handover ceremony on the school grounds on October 30.
07 Nov, 2026 0

Siloah Primary gets $1.9m boost from Appleton

Students and teachers at Siloah Primary School in St Elizabeth are to benefit from improved access to drinking water, cooler classrooms and additional teaching resources following a $1.9-million…
Mayor of St Ann’s Bay Michael Belnavis (centre) stands next to Youth Mayor of St Ann’s Bay Daija Cole (second right) and other youth officials, after the finals of the debate competition on Monday. Others (from left) are Tariq Preddie, youth chief exe
07 Nov, 2026 0

Daija Cole named St Ann’s Bay youth mayor

Upper sixth-form student at York Castle High School in St Ann, Daija Cole, has been selected as Youth Mayor of St Ann’s Bay after emerging winner of the St Ann Municipal Corporation’s youth…