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Managing Partner and Operations Director of Jamaica Tower Farms, Kerrie-Anne Gray, looks over seedlings to be planted on aeroponic towers for maturation, while explaining the operations of her commercial farm in Havendale, St Andrew.
March 27, 2026

Tower farming takes root in Havendale home

While the Corporate Area pulses with commerce and traffic, a quieter transformation is taking place in the backyard of a Havendale home. There, amid the hum of residential life, a pair of technology…
A lady checks her water bill before making payment at the National Water Commissioner office on Marescaux Road, Cross Roads, in 2016.
March 27, 2026

OUR mulls 31‑day limit on NWC bills after thousands of complaints

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is expected to make a determination by summer on whether the National Water Commission (NWC) should adopt a fixed billing cycle, following consumer complaints…
Michael Lee-Chin, head of AIC Barbados Limited.
March 27, 2026

AIC Barbados discontinues case

AIC (Barbados) Limited, the investment vehicle linked to businessman Michael Lee-Chin, has discontinued its case against Cornerstone Financial Holdings Ltd, according to filings seen by the Financial…
Dr Devon Taylor, president of Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement, leading a protest at Little Dunn’s River in this March 2024 photograph.
March 27, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Beach policy under fire

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government’s proposed Beach Access and Management Policy has drawn sharp criticism from the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), which contends that the…
Business
March 27, 2026

Byles: Boards must bolster supervision

Corporate boards across the Caribbean must take greater responsibility for policing their own institutions, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles said on Tuesday, warning that some financial…
Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber
March 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Beloved educator Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber has died

Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber, a retired senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, died on March 11 after a long illness. Her life will be celebrated next Tuesday at Webster Memorial United…
Business
March 27, 2026

Volatus Aerospace partners with UTech on drone training

Volatus Aerospace Inc, a Canadian aerospace and drone solutions provider, has announced a partnership with the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) to deliver advanced drone training and applied…
AP The OnlyFans logo is seen on a computer monitor in this posed photo in December 2023 in St Louis.
March 27, 2026

OnlyFans billionaire owner dies of cancer

Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of OnlyFans, the adult-content platform, has died from cancer, according to the company. He was 43. Radvinsky transformed the pornography industry with…
Member of Parliament for Hanover Eastern, Andrea Purkiss, addresses the Constituency Development Fund community consultation meeting at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover, on Tuesday.
March 27, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Patching to begin on eastern Hanover roads

WESTERN BUREAU: The need for potable water and properly paved roads dominated complaints from residents at an Hanover Eastern community Development Fund (CDF) constituency consultation on Tuesday at…