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August 23, 2026

Inner wings: from weight to flight

Watching birds move freely across the sky awakens something within us – a longing for freedom, lightness, and the possibility to fly. Perhaps that is why throughout history, we have imagined humans…
In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny.
August 23, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | The sorry Coopers Pen saga

The nocturnal razing of between 20 and 40 homes in the Coopers Pen community in Trelawny on August 11 was the culmination of two decades of struggle by residents seeking to secure ownership of the…
Jalil Dabdoub
August 23, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | Sherene Golding-Campbell is right

In a recent post on X, Sherene Golding-Campbell raised a question that goes to the heart of Jamaica’s political culture: Why do so many of us analyse political commentary not on its merits but…
Some of the buses procured by the Government for the rural school bus system.
August 23, 2026

Mark Wignall | Big success in rural school bus system

According to Daryl Vaz, minister of energy, telecommunications and transport, “Jamaica, irrespective of our differences in thought, this is something that we must build upon. Numbers don’t lie, and I…
August 23, 2026

Michael Taylor | Before the taps run dry

On April 16, to be exact, I did something I don’t normally do. I shared a forecast, and my concerns about it, with colleagues and acquaintances in a few agencies where I had contacts. I was concerned…
AP A man walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei index, and US dollar-Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, August 3.
August 23, 2026

Japan economy inches up 1.1 per cent in June quarter

Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 1.1 per cent in the April-June quarter even as private consumption stayed flat and the growth of exports declined, according to government data recently…
The two-day festival of Rosh Hashanah is marked with song, celebration in the synagogue, and the blowing of a ram’s horn known as a ‘shofar’.
August 23, 2026

Yaakov Raskin | What is the Jewish New Year, and why is it celebrated in September?

All around the world, birthdays of leaders and important historical figures are marked with national celebrations – George Washington’s birthday in the USA, Victoria Day in Canada, and Heroes Day in…
The Jamaica Military Band, under the baton of Warrant Officer Class I Gregory Nicholson, provides entertainment at the recent event at East Queen Street Baptist Church in downtown Kingston to honour ‘emancipator’ Philip Beekman Livingston Jr.
August 23, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Who was Rev’d Philip Beekman Livingston Jr?

On the evening of Sunday, July 16, people from Jamaica and San Andrés, Colombia gathered in the East Queen St Baptist Church, downtown Kingston, to honour the legacy of Reverend Philip Beekman…
August 23, 2026

Customer data demand and hurricane recovery drove Digicel emissions higher

Digicel Group consumed a fifth more energy across its 25-market network in the fiscal year ended March 2026, as surging customer data demand and hurricane recovery operations pushed greenhouse gas…