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EFJ boss, Nicole Adamson (seated left) and JPS Foundation Head, Sophia Lewis (seated right) sign the MOU while Joni Jackson (left), project manager for the J-USE project, and Audrey Williams, media and public relations manager at JPS, witness the signing.
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Earth Today | EFJ, JPS Foundation partner to empower youth climate innovation

A NEW partnership between the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and the JPS Foundation is set to ignite youth-driven innovation and strengthen climate resilience across the island. The two…
CBF board and team members plant mangrove seedlings in The Bahamas.
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Earth Today | Let the mangroves work

THEIR SHARP, briny smell hits you first and then you spot them: trees with roots arching out of the mud as though bracing for something. They are mangroves, one of the most powerful natural defences…
Anthropic diagram
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Basil Jarrett | What future are we schooling our children for?

It’s a thought that should frighten every parent in 2026: The fact that their child is excelling in exactly the kind of work that a machine is learning to do faster, cheaper and without needing a…
NWC representatives share a moment with Manning’s Boys Home after donating essential items to the institution. In photo from left are; Shanique Brown, team leader - distribution and maintenance (Control Center); Richard Aiken, manager, Manning’s Boys
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Corporate Hands | National Water Commission donates essential items to child care facility in St Elizabeth

Tastia Stephens, of Parkmere Group Investments USA, displays some of the items that her company donated to Kiwanis Rose Hall Montego Bay, for residents of St James who were impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
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Corporate Hands | Parkmere Group Investments USA donates to Kiwanis Rose Hall for relief efforts in MoBay

Fiona Vassell-Kerr (2nd left), vice-principal of the Manning’s School, accepts a symbolic cheque from Pastor Claudia Ferguson (2nd right), chairperson of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee. Sharing in the moment is Samantha Charles (left)
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Corporate Hands | National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee makes presentation to Manning’s School

Members of the JN Circle Ocho Rios, Port Maria and Gayle chapters, along with the JN Circle Falmouth Chapter, pause for a group photo after presenting donations to Noah’s Ark Children’s Home and the Falmouth Infirmary in Falmouth. The contributions inc
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Corporate Hands | JN Circle members make donations to Noah’s Ark Children’s Home and Falmouth Infirmary

Raslan Abu Rukun is Israel’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and a non-resident ambassador to Antigua-Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, Haiti, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis.
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Raslan Abu Rukun | Iran: why and why now?

Why Operation Roaring Lion was essential and why it was launched now are best understood by looking at the Iranian regime’s past and present behaviour. A quick peek at what could be its future if left…
Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness (left), listens to Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority, Dr Warren Vernon (right), during a recent meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Published 18 hours ago

23 post offices to be upgraded under NIDS project

A total of 23 post offices are currently in contract to undergo significant upgrades aimed at enhancing service delivery to communities across the island. Executive Director of the National…