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Frank James, Group CEO, GraceKennedy Limited.
March 6, 2026

GraceKennedy revenue rises, profit falls on hurricane costs

GraceKennedy Limited (GK) reported higher revenue but lower profit in 2025, as Hurricane Melissa’s October landfall drove one-off costs and disrupted operations. The food and financial services…
Mureen James (centre), executive director of the Montego Bay Convention Centre, accepts one of two awards from Yatan Ahluwalia (right), secretary general of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), and Jamaica’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartl
March 6, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Mureen James shines in Berlin with two global hospitality honours

Berlin, Germany: Jamaican tourism executive Mureen James stood among some of the most influential figures in global tourism in Berlin on Tuesday as she accepted two honours at the Pacific Area Travel…
Dr Dayton Campbell, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern.
March 6, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Campbell: $787m ROOFS allocation in Westmoreland undermined by transportation burden

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owner and Occupant Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme is poorly conceived,…
Rohan Brown, manager of Weather Services at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.
March 6, 2026 by Gladstone H. Taylor

How satellites, science shape hurricane forecasts

Imagine a hurricane making landfall on the very day you decide to visit the supermarket or the beach – and imagine facing it without warning. For small island states in the tropics, such a scenario…
Colleen Wint-Bond, project coordinator at the Violence Prevention Alliance, presents gifts to a student at the Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School on National Peace Day.
March 6, 2026

Chalky Hill Primary’s peacemakers celebrated

About 50 students at Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School have been designated Irie Stars Peacemakers under a collaborative effort between the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) and the Sandals…
Education Officer for Region 5, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Marsha Fennell-Bell (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over the new 11-classroom block at Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester on Monday. Sharing i
March 6, 2026

Holmwood Technical gets 11 new classrooms

Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester now has a new, four-level classroom block, which was built by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at a cost of approximately $200…
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe (left), shares a moment with Principal, St Mary Technical High School, Orville Richards (centre), and Board Chairman, St Mary Technical High School, Dr Isaac B
March 6, 2026

St Mary Technical steps up TVET ambition with innovation hub

St Mary Technical High School has begun to position itself more assertively within Jamaica’s technical-education landscape. The school’s principal, Orville Richards, has praised the Ministry of…
Andrea Dempster Chung (centre), moderator of the building black arts ecosystems panel, poses with panellists (from left) Institute of Caribbean Studies lecturer and author, Kam-Au Amen; Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance of Jamaica Co-Chair Kaiel E
March 6, 2026

Jamaica Book Festival debuts Africa-Caribbean literary exchange

The Confucius Institute at The University of the West Indies, Mona, transformed into a dynamic literary hub of conversation, creativity, and cross-continental connection last Saturday as the Jamaica…
A coffin is carried during the funeral of mostly children killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-US strike February 28 at a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran.
March 6, 2026

Peter Espeut | Gold, glory and Orwell

The Christians are in Lent, the Muslims are in Ramadan, and the United States (US) is at war. The Catholic hierarchy in the US largely supported Donald Trump in the last US presidential election…