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December 9, 2025
STEM scholarship brings math teacher back to inner-city alma mater
When Erica Thompson graduated from Charlie Smith High School in Kingston several years ago with 10 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects, she had one goal in mind: to become a…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | JN helps participants cultivate good credit habits
ROSE MILLER, financial education consultant with the JN Foundation, has stressed the need for Jamaicans to cultivate good credit habits, which she says are key to achieving financial freedom. Miller…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | TheHiveCareers unveils revolutionary career development service for all stages of life
THEHIVECAREERS IS proud to announce the launch of its revolutionary career development service, designed to support individuals at every stage of their professional journey. Whether you’re a parent…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Agriculture ministry launches red snapper pilot to strengthen food security, blue economy
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is advancing Jamaica’s food security and pioneering a new frontier in blue economy sustainability through a Red Snapper Cage Culture Fin Fish Pilot…
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | What should I do with my application?
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, A Jamaican-born father is married and lives in the USA with his wife who is a US citizen. However, the father’s adult children who currently live in Jamaica, do not know…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
‘A really serious time’
As tensions between the United States (US) and Venezuela build, a senior retired diplomat is cautioning that if it escalates into open conflict, trade in the region and tourism, on which most CARICOM…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Stuck in poverty
Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The…
December 9, 2025
by Marcia Thomas
Around the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Park and Circle)
The 72-acre Kingston Race Course has been an important site in Kingston and St Andrew for sports and recreation since the early 19th century. It also hosted circuses, evangelists, and concerts. It…
December 9, 2025
Criminologist: Keep sexual offences out of expungement discussion
Criminologist Dr Jason McKay has opined that sexual offences should not be among consideration for expungement of criminal records, considering the lifelong effect on victims and high incidents of…