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January 31, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

No pressure at all

Although he is faced with the monumental task of leading Kingston College to a record 37th ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) title, Richard Smith said he is feeling no…
Agape Hope Foundation President Stephen Simpson, and Vice President Paulton McCarthy-Walker.
January 31, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Young men build foundation to support education, communities

At 21, Stephen Simpson and Zakari Messam have turned a shared impulse into something more durable. What began during the COVID-19 pandemic as informal conversations about giving back – initially…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
January 31, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Johnson Smith touts Jamaica as ‘place to be’ for int’l investors

PANAMA CITY, Panama: Jamaica’s foreign minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has issued a clarion call to international investors to partner in the strategic redevelopment of the island’s western…
Patrick Hylton, the new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), addressing a press briefing and official introduction at the PSOJ’s head office in St Andrew on Thursday.
January 31, 2026

Former banker Patrick Hylton to bat for small business as PSOJ head

Having spent years at the helm of Jamaica’s largest financial institution, new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Patrick Hylton says he will use his experience to pave the…
Damion Hylton (left), project manager at Rise & Thrive, takes a group photo with participants at a youth workshop held recently at the Council of Voluntary Social Services office on South Camp Road in Kingston.
January 31, 2026

Community groups ‘Rise & Thrive’ in Kingston ZOSOs

Community-based organisations operating in some of Kingston and St Andrew’s most vulnerable communities are receiving critical support under the Rise & Thrive Initiative, a six-month project…
Popular vendor Coolie Man displays his much-talked-about French-fried lobster.
January 31, 2026

Sean Paul celebrates reopening of Border Food Village

International dancehall icon, Sean Paul, is expressing his joy and gratitude as Border Food Village officially reopened for business on January 16, marking a powerful moment of renewal for vendors and…
Dr Christine Fray, associate professor at the College of Health Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica, has been named the 2025 Grace Allen Young Award recipient.
January 31, 2026

GoodHeart | Dr Christine Fray to receive Grace Allen Young Award

The Kingston Club of Soroptimist International Jamaica (SIJK) has named Dr Christine Fray, associate professor at the College of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Jamaica, as the 2025…
Manchester High physics teacher Christopher Taylor (left) looks on as his students (from right) Tonadria Branford, Jadan Hyatt and Nickacia Thompson prepare to conduct laboratory tests at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Science and Te
January 31, 2026

Educators endorse JPS Foundation/UWI CAPE STEM workshop

High school science teachers Christopher Taylor and Rashaan Smith believe they have found a dependable formula. Each January, their students attend intensive workshops hosted by The University of the…
From left: Herbie Miller, director and curator, Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM); Dr Orville Hammond, Jamaican pianist and composer; Leon ‘Mandela’ Duncan; Dr Erja Askola, EU ambassador to Jamaica; European saxophonist, composer and arranger Pekka Pylkkäne
January 31, 2026

European, J’can musicians band together to jazz for children

EU ambassador to Jamaica, Dr Erja Askola, in collaboration with UNICEF Jamaica, hosted a jazz concert featuring acclaimed European saxophonist, composer, and arranger Pekka Pylkkänen, alongside…