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22 Oct, 2026 0

Earth Today | Clock ticks on 2030 nature targets

THE SLOW rate of progress to hit the 23 targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) by 2030, in order to put nature on a path to recovery, is setting off alarm bells, while the…
EFJ Technical Director Shernette Sampson.
22 Oct, 2026 0

Earth Today | EFJ eyes proven regional strategies to tackle environmental challenges

JAMAICA MAY not have to look very far for solutions to some of its biggest environmental challenges. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are already testing innovative approaches to…
The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund’s board and team members plant mangrove seedlings in The Bahamas.
22 Oct, 2026 0

Earth Today | Small islands, big solutions

Recently, it has been important to point out what resilience means. It does not mean you avoid being affected. Instead, it has to do with how a country, a community, a person responds when they are…
Members of the Morant Bay High School Alumni Association (MBHSAA) and Principal of Easington Primary School, Marigold Webber-Smith (centre), share a photo opportunity with the Top Girl and Top Boy, Jaysianna Hutchinson (third left) and Javien Robb (right),
22 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Morant Bay High School Alumni Association ‘gives back’ to Easington Primary

Guardian Life Limited donated three 1,000-gallon water tanks to Mico Practising Primary and Junior High School, under its Water Tank Initiative programme. The handover was attended by (from left) Member of Parliament for Southeastern St Andrew, Julian Robi
22 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Guardian Life donates water tanks to Mico Practising Primary and Junior High School

From left: Trishauna Davis, patient care assistant; Deidra Grey, brand manager - Betty; and Margaret Robb, nurse administrator, share a moment during Betty’s Porridge Month breakfast pop-up at the Kingston Public Hospital on Friday, October 9. As a gestu
22 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Betty serves up a warm start to Porridge Month for KPH staff

Mildred Myers Isaacs, teacher at Galilee Early Childhood Development Centre in Kingston, proudly showcases the first delivery of Nutri+ Milk. The school is set to receive 2,400 units of milk throughout the 2026/2027 academic year.
22 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Six more schools benefit from Seprod’s year-long milk initiative

21 Oct, 2026 0

THIRSTY FOR CASH - NWC seeks massive rate hike, warns of investment cuts without it as debts mount

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has confirmed that it received an application from the National Water Commission (NWC) for a 51 per cent increase in tariff over a five-year period. The NWC’s…
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
21 Oct, 2026 0

US pledges renewed Caribbean focus

Positioning the United States as a true “Caribbean nation”, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau says Washington under the Trump administration is actively reorienting its foreign policy…