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Senator Kavan Gayle
05 Nov, 2026 0

Editorial | Mental health at work

Whether it becomes a clause in work contracts is a detail, but Senator Kavan Gayle’s call for mental health support to become an integral part of workplace practice is an issue that is long overdue…
From left: Douglas Hull, advisory director, Finance Earth; Jareth Vermeulen, destination alliances manager for Aruba and Jamaica, Iberostar; and Ryan Francis, Resilient Impact Partners Ltd, in discussion at the recent workshop.
05 Nov, 2026 0

Earth Today | Iberostar moves to support local fishing

IBEROSTAR HOTELS & Resorts recently brought together stakeholders from across Jamaica’s tourism, fisheries, conservation and business sectors for a two-day technical workshop focused on…
Walker-McKnight
05 Nov, 2026 0

Earth Today | Resilience Naturally is back

AFTER A successful first season exploring gender, climate action, and nature-based climate solutions (NbCS), the Resilience Naturally podcast is back and better, bringing fresh voices, practical…
Ambassador Ilana Seid, chair of the AOSIS.
05 Nov, 2026 0

Earth Today | ‘A reckoning with climate injustice’

SMALL ISLAND developing states (SIDS) are insisting that the upcoming global climate talks (COP31) must be a reckoning with climate injustice, in the face of a 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature…
Michael Sutherland, the National Chorale of Jamaica’s new musical director, conducts the choir during his debut concert, ‘Songs of Faith & Freedom’, at the University Chapel, The University of the West Indies, Mona, on Sunday.
05 Nov, 2026 0

‘Spirited’ NCOJ concert enthusiastically received

Sunday evening’s concert by the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) was doubly “spirited”, with a programme devoted entirely to Negro spirituals and an equally spirited delivery. The audience at the…
Dancehall star Masicka poses for the lens at the launch of his inaugural Forever 1NE Music Festival on Monday night at D’Ferrano Restaurant & Lounge in Portmore.
05 Nov, 2026 0

Big production, surprises in store for Masicka’s Forever 1NE

Dancehall star Masicka is looking to make a major statement in his hometown of Portmore, St Catherine, with the inaugural staging of his concert, Forever 1NE Music Festival, scheduled for December 19…
Dianne O. Brown, pageant strategist and personal trainer, performs her judging duties in a black, one-shoulder cutout maxi dress.
05 Nov, 2026 0

Something Extra | Thursday

Three queens were crowned at the Miss Jamaica World Grand Coronation Spectacular on Sunday at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium at Jamaica College in St Andrew. Twenty-three contestants vied for the…
05 Nov, 2026 0

Movie Review | New ‘Cat in the Hat’ delivers more mayhem than magic

The folks behind the new animated The Cat in the Hat are pretty confident they’ve got the cat in the bag. The film is already teasing potential spin-offs, with on-screen references to possible movies…
 Rachel Bartlett
05 Nov, 2026 0

Rachel Bartlett | The sickle cell conversation every Jamaican should have

A generation ago, many Jamaican children with sickle cell disease (SCD) were only diagnosed after becoming critically ill. Parents often found themselves in emergency rooms, trying to understand a…