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Immediate Past President Mark Malabver passes the baton to La Sonja Harrison, the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, during the investiture ceremony at the association’s 62nd Annual Conference at the Ocean Coral Spring Hote
August 22, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Returning JTA president raises $18-billion school repair doubt

WESTERN BUREAU: La Sonja Harrison, the newly reinstalled president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), wants the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information to say whether the $18…
Lishann Salmon
August 22, 2026

Retired US Navy Officer Karl Bryan to be installed as Ja’s Honorary Consul in Richmond

Washington, D.C.: The Embassy of Jamaica will formally introduce Jamaica-born retired United States Navy officer Karl Bryan to the Jamaican community in Virginia as Jamaica’s second honorary consul…
A mine operated by Serra Verde Mining digs for rare earth elements including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium, which are essential for the production of permanent magnets, in Minacu, Goias state, Brazil, July 28, 2025.
August 22, 2026

US and others turn to Brazil for rare earths

In the global race to secure rare earths that are key for everything from mobile phones to green technologies, Brazil is emerging as an alternative to China’s dominance, particularly for the United…
Jason Arday.
August 22, 2026 by George Ruddock

Lord Woolley joins call for inquiry into ‘hounding’ of Jason Arday

LONDON: Lord Simon Woolley, the principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, has joined forces with the campaigning pressure group Good Law Project to call for an immediate investigation in the media…
Patrons enjoy the good vibes at the inaugural Original Shed Reunion Retro Party.
August 22, 2026

Original Shed Reunion Retro Party revives Falmouth’s golden era

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: For one unforgettable night, the clock turned back more than four decades as hundreds of former patrons of the legendary Shed nightclub reunited at the historic Martha Brae Water…
Helene Coley Nicholson addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association delegation during her keynote address at the association’s 62nd Annual Conference at Ocean Coral Spring in Trelawny.
August 22, 2026

Coley Nicholson: Focus on physical schooling over AI

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Helene Coley Nicholson, president of Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship Jamaica, is encouraging educators to prioritise interpersonal interaction with students to develop…
Medical and healthcare practitioners listen keenly to data on mental health during the Western Regional Health Authority’s Family Health Review, held at the Burchell Baptist Church Hall in Montego Bay on August 20.
August 22, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Stigma blocking children from mental-health care

WESTERN BUREAU: Nurse practitioner Tackaya Brown-Lawrence, who heads the St James Child and Adolescent Wellness Centre, says mental-health stigma remains a major barrier preventing children and…
Head of the JPS Foundation Sophia Lewis (left) in conversation with Paul Thomas Watson, one of the Foundation’s six Power Up East-West Power Grant recipients at a recent awards ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Watson was awarded a s
August 22, 2026

Built For success - Aspiring civil and medical engineer among JPS Foundation scholars

Civil engineering dreams for Paul Thomas Watson were moulded as a teenage labourer on construction sites, working alongside his father. Now, days away from beginning his degree at the University of…
Residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny staging a demonstration on August 22, 2026.
August 22, 2026

Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny residents appeal to PM for help amid demolition

Residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny returned to the streets Saturday morning, appealing to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness for help and calling for their relocation following the recent…