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Janique Diamond tries her hand at the interactive ‘Lucky 5’ game at the Evolve booth during the MoBay Jerk and Food Festival. Evolve provided a programme of activities offering festival-goers the chance to play and win prizes throughout the day.
August 10, 2026

Evolve spices up MoBay Jerk and Food Festival

Evolve, a brand under Supreme Ventures Fintech Limited, brought an extra layer of excitement to the recent MoBay Jerk and Food Festival in Montego Bay, St James. Patrons were treated to a programme of…
Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change, delivers the keynote address at National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited’s inaugural Corporate Insights Breakfast.
August 10, 2026

Building resilient businesses - Why financing, partnership and preparedness matter more than ever
As Jamaican businesses confront climate-related disruptions, evolving market conditions and increasing pressure on critical infrastructure, resilience has become more than a business continuity…
August 10, 2026

Weight regain after dieting may be driven by brain biology

WASHINGTON (ANI): Losing weight is not simply a matter of willpower. New research suggests the human brain is biologically programmed to defend body fat, making it difficult for many people to…
A worker opens durian fruits imported from Malaysia to pack and deliver for customers at a shop in Beijing, China.
August 10, 2026

Allen Gil | Is the world’s food system ready for a super El Niño?

A strong El Niño could make growing food harder in many parts of the world this year. This natural climate pattern brings warmer surface waters to the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which…
August 10, 2026

Game on!

Hi, boys and girls! Welcome back to another exciting edition of Children’s Own Watch & Win! Remember to follow along on TVJ on Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Do you have what it takes to be a…
People observe a minute of silence during a ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan.
August 10, 2026

Nagasaki marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary

TOKYO (AP): Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil”, denounced growing support for…
In this photo released by Myanmar President Office, Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) shakes hands with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
August 10, 2026

ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed

BANGKOK (AP): Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ renewed call for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and…
Stranger Cole and Millicent Todd, the duo known as Stranger and Pats,y made their musical mark with songs such as the classic ‘When You Call My Name’.
August 11, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘Gratitude and sadness’ at posthumous OD for Stranger Cole

A little less than two months after his death, the Government of Jamaica has announced that ska, rocksteady and reggae pioneer Wilburn ‘Stranger’ Cole (also spelt Strangejah) has been awarded the…
Workers weave Pulu, a traditional wooden fabric into clothing, at wooden looms near statues of Princess Wencheng and Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo at the Ethnic Huaji Handwoven Cooperative in Shannan in western China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
August 10, 2026

A cooperative keeps a centuries-old weaving tradition alive

SHANNAN (AP): More than a dozen men and women sit at wooden looms, sliding shuttles through rows of wool yarn before pulling each thread tight. They repeat it again and again as they weave Pulu, the…