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Ashley-Rae Barrett, customer service officer at Scotiabank, takes students through the basics of budgeting during the Scotia Foundation’s International Women’s Day Luncheon on March 20.
April 2, 2026

Corporate Hands | Scotiabank empowers young mothers with financial literacy, life skills

Bryan Smart (3rd right), chief engineer, Robotics Club, Ardenne High School, provides a demonstration of the skills of the robot built by club members during the launch of the UTech Kiwanis STEM Education Project on Monday, March 23 at Ardenne High School.
April 2, 2026

Corporate Hands | UTech, Kiwanis launch STEM Education Project at Ardenne High

President, Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, Franchesca Francis (second left), presents an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to Medical Officer, Duhaney Park Health Centre, Dr Wendy-Ann Byfield-Lyons (third left), at the health facility in St An
April 2, 2026

Corporate Hands | Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights donates defibrillator to Duhaney Park health centre

National Housing Trust (NHT) General Manager with responsibility for contribution management, Gladstone Johnson, sorts tarpaulins during a volunteer effort to support Hurricane Melissa-affected residents.
April 2, 2026

Corporate Hands | NHT staff volunteers restore homes for vulnerable residents

UNEP report titled ‘Beyond an age of waste: Turning rubbish into a resource’.
April 2, 2026

Earth Today | New cities initiative to inspire solutions to waste crisis

THERE IS a new initiative to help solve the world’s waste woes, as data out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) paints a picture of a planet in a growing mess. According to the 2024…
The winning St Hilda’s team with JPS Foundation head, Sophia Lewis (left), and EFJ CEO Nicole Adamson (right).
April 2, 2026

Earth Today | St Hilda’s wins EcoSpark Innovation Challenge

THE ST Hilda’s Diocesan High School in Brown’s Town has walked away with $300,000 in winnings after topping the Nature-based Solutions category of the EcoSpark Innovation Challenge.
In The Bahamas, a green sea turtle swims towards a researcher with the Centre for Ocean Research and Education.
April 2, 2026

Earth Today | Seagrass: Unsung hero of Caribbean blue carbon

SEAGRASS BEDS are the nurseries of our ocean, the first home of the snapper, grunt, and parrotfish that sustain coastal livelihoods across the Caribbean; and the primary food source for green sea…
UHWI Acting CEO Eric Hosin.
April 1, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

UHWI on the hook

Taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets to cover the Customs fees waived by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) when it applied its tax-exemption status to import goods on…
April 1, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Mom says medical bill soaring as JC probes student assault

The leadership of Jamaica College was meeting up to late last night to deliberate on a violent incident involving students at the Old Hope Road, St Andrew-based institution. The episode left one boy…