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Album covers highlighting the contribution of Caribbean musicians and their descendants to British cultural life, on display at the Windrush: The Midwife of Modern Britain exhibition at the Jamaica Music Museum Water Lane Gallery.
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Windrush exhibition on at Jamaica Music Museum

World War II left Great Britain economically, socially and infrastructurally devastated. The headquarters of the British Empire did not escape Germany’s wrath. Though Hitler was defeated by the Allied…
Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Executive Director Dr Carey Wallace (second left), University of Technology, Jamaica President Dr Kevin Brown (second right), TEF Director of Research and Risk Management Gis’elle Jones-Shepherd (front right), and members o
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TEF welcomes third cohort of Tourism Innovation Incubator

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), in partnership with the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) and ATL Automotive Limited, has welcomed 15 Jamaican entrepreneurs into the third cohort of its…
David R. Salmon.
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Oxford scholar David Salmon lands prestigious Commonwealth studentship

Jamaican scholar and former Gleaner journalist David R. Salmon has been awarded a prestigious Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship for the 2026-27 academic year. Salmon, a DPhil candidate…
Ben Shen (left), chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Jamaica Chinese Federation, shows Kew Park Primary School Principal Ramon Bremmer a deep freezer donated to the Eastern Westmoreland school. The Federation responded to an appeal for assistance with
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Chinese Federation answers Kew Park’s call in five days

An appeal from a past student has resulted in approximately $2.5 million in supplies and equipment for Kew Park Primary School in eastern Westmoreland, with the Jamaica Chinese Federation responding…
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Crawford wants parliamentary debate on school mergers

Opposition Spokesman on Education and Early Childhood Damion Crawford is calling for a parliamentary debate on the Government’s plans to merge and close some schools, arguing that the changes must not…
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklyn Witter (left), fields questions at the Clarendon Praedial Larceny Farmer Sensitisation Meeting at the Denbigh Showground in the parish on September 9. Others pictured (from se
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Farmers and buyers urged to work together to disrupt market for stolen produce and livestock

Farmers, buyers, transport operators, consumers and communities are being urged by Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklyn Witter, to work together to disrupt…
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Former employee at Corporate Area roofing company charged with embezzlement

A Portmore, St Catherine man who was employed at a Corporate Area roofing company has been charged with embezzlement after allegedly defrauding another man. He is 42-year-old project manager David…
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Ex-Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores seeks release from jail, citing heart ailment

NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on United States drug trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan…
British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Alicia Herbert.
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British High Commissioner welcomes new Privy Council visa process for litigants

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Alicia Herbert, is among those welcoming the decision by the Privy Council to waive fees for litigants and legal teams appearing before the UK-based court. The…