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Excitement overflowed in the water, along the shoreline,  and at the winner’s podium as teenage female participants in Swim for the Sanctuary kept Tazhna Williams (right), public relations & corporate events executive at Massy Distribution Jamaica Limit
February 10, 2026

Corporate Hands | Massy Brands power a purpose-filled ‘Swim for the Sanctuary’

The American Chamber of Commerce, Jamaica (AmCham Jamaica) extended its support to the Mustard Seed Community’s Blessed Assurance home in Montego Bay, St James following severe flooding caused by the passing of Hurricane Melissa. AmCham Jamaica delivered
February 5, 2026

Corporate Hands | AmCham Jamaica extends support to Mustard Seed Community

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Ambassador Audrey Marks (centre), shares a moment with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Percy Junor Hospital, Ca
February 5, 2026

Corporate Hands | US-based diaspora group donates US$30,000 in supplies to Percy Junor Hospital

Alando Terrelonge (right), State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, receives one of the packages from Nathaniel Peat (centre), GJDC UK Rep, and Jackson Smith, CEO of Fantasy Wings, both of whom organised the diaspora-led relief
February 5, 2026

Corporate Hands | Diaspora-led relief flight from the UK delivers supplies

Marsha Burrell Rose (left), marketing and public relations manager, Food For The Poor, Jamaica, gets a feel of the Sunshine 150 Solar Lamp, 1,164 of which were donated by TotalEnergies Jamaica’s managing director, Vincent Daniault, assisting the charity
February 5, 2026

Corporate Hands | TotalEnergies Jamaica donates solar lamps to Food For The Poor

Barrington Lewis, chief financial officer at the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) .
February 16, 2026

Earth Today | Barry Lewis sets sail

SEVENTEEN YEARS is a long time to spend in any place of work, but for Barrington Lewis, it was time well spent at the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), which he served as financial manager…
Here, Kamal Thompson, forest technician at the Forestry Department, removes a door that was displaced during Hurricane Melissa in October 2025 from a section of the mangrove forest in Parottee, St Elizabeth.
February 5, 2026

Earth Today | Celebrating World Wetlands Day 2026

The Forestry Department headed to St Elizabeth for World Wetlands Day on February 2, where more than 80 volunteers from partner agencies, private entities, and the community removed debris from the…
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February 5, 2026

Earth Today | Adaptation Fund opens call for Climate Readiness grants

THE ADAPTATION Fund has issued a call for proposals for its readiness grants, made available to developing countries in order to enhance their capacity to directly access and effectively use resources…
The recently published State of the Finance for Nature report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
February 5, 2026

Earth Today | Getting nature in the black

REDEFINING THE role of private finance is seen as key to reversing the current chronic underinvestment in nature, reflected in the US dollar 30:1 ratio in favour of investments spent destroying it.