THE SERIES started with, among other things, the question of how a formerly enslaved African, Aniaso, renamed Archibald John Monteath, came to be buried in the Carmel Moravian Churchyard in Westmoreland when during his time, deceased enslaved...

On all American coins and paper currency, the country’s national motto of “In G-d We Trust” is famously written. As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, taking place Sept 22-24, I want to pose a question—not only to my fellow Jews, but...

NEW YORK (AP): Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard. How do you start a journey toward better health that you can stick with, and not be overwhelmed? Among the experts’ advice: Start with a little and it can...

The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a US$100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing the decision two Fridays ago, the White House...

LONDON (AP): Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to make a state visit to the Vatican in late October, six months after the trip was postponed due to the illness of the late Pope Francis. While the king and queen delayed their formal...

Almost two dozen families began the new school year with a financial boost, thanks to Scotia Insurance. Twenty-two outstanding students, representing Scotiabank branches islandwide, have each been awarded a Scotia Insurance Education Wealth Plan (...

TORONTO: Five outstanding Jamaican-Canadians will be celebrated by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto for their contributions to justice, business, education, health, community and youth empowerment within Canada and across the diaspora....

Charlie Kirk’s memorial service last Sunday galvanised a touchstone moment for far-right conservatism and American nationalism. If you previously had no idea who the right-wing pundit was, you’d be forgiven for thinking the occasion was a state...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is set to host the second edition of its London Benefit Dinner on Friday, November 7 at The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, under the theme: ‘Educate to Elevate’. Baroness Patricia Scotland, the first...

WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, trustee of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), is supportive of the view that Jamaica should establish its own final court of appeal, arguing that the nation possesses the legal expertise and maturity to...

All branches of Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) will be opened one hour later today after a “technology outage” delayed their opening, according to an advisory sent to account holders.   The advisory did not provide details...

The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting education by awarding prestigious Carlton Alexander bursaries to 23 children of GraceKennedy team members for the 2025/2026 academic year. The awards, which recognise...

Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale to Kingston routes effective November 2, 2025, just a few months after resuming the service following a five-year hiatus. The airline explained that the...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognised on Wednesday. The longest of the words is “carry-go-bring-come”, and...

KINGSTON CREATIVE suspended its August 2025 iteration of Artwalk Festival because it was days away from the general elections. Now, it is back on Sunday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with ‘Food and Fashion’. The highlight of the day will be...

ONE OF the highlights of the Kingston Creative Artwalk Festival on Sunday, September 28 in downtown Kingston is the launch of the FAME (Film, Animation, Music...

Judge Myrtle Mason, last surviving child of late Governor General Sir Clifford Campbell and Lady Alice Campbell, has died. Mason, born to Jamaica’s first native governor general, died Tuesday morning at her home in Bethesda, Maryland, in the United...

Regional university students are encouraged to bring fresh thinking and innovation to the cement industry through Cemex Campus, the flagship work-ready initiative of Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL). At the Caribbean-wide virtual launch of...

Members of the public are invited to view the National Gallery of Jamaica’s (NGJ) latest exhibition: ‘One Nation, New Symbols,’ which opens on Sunday, September 28. Featuring the work of 46 artists and 55 works of art curated from an open call...

The LASCO Chin Foundation, in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has officially opened nominations for the 2025 Saluting Our Heroes Awards – the nation’s premier programme recognising police officers who embody integrity,...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Rose Hall Development Company is looking at developing a deeper long-term strategy for protecting the local environment which will utilise broader education and public awareness, this after having led one of western Jamaica’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) of the Hanover Police Division, in collaboration with the Hanover branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, has trained and certified another 17 fire wardens, bringing to 48 the number of...

Microsoft customer success account manager and 2003/04 JN Scholarship recipient Luigi Allen has five points of advice for students navigating college life. First, he is urging them to embark on self-discovery early. “Figure out who you are and...

LONDON: A team of aspiring athletes from across the UK travel industry have pledged to raise a further £100,000 for children’s healthcare in the Caribbean by taking part in a gruelling ‘Island Challenge’ in Saint Lucia. This will be the third...

PROSTATE CANCER is the leading cancer diagnosis among Jamaican men and one of the deadliest. Yet, far too often, men present at later stages of the disease when treatment options are limited and outcomes are less favourable. Consultant urologist Dr...

The back-to-school Kicker’s Club Shoe Drive, which has been undertaken for the past few years as a joint venture between the Friends of Porus (FOP) and Give Back Jamaica Inc (GBJ), continues to benefit students across the island. Students from...

Western Bureau: The South Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) has forged a J$34-million partnership with the Belgium-based TUI Care Foundation, which will foster a major reforestation eco-tourism and development initiative in that section of the...

TORONTO: Fifty-six years after immigrating to Canada from Jamaica, veteran labour movement leader and community advocate, Herman Stewart, 75, has launched his memoir, A Labour of Love: In Pursuit of Just Causes. Chronicling his journey from...

WESTERN BUREAU: SUPERINTENDENT OF Police Mercedes Currie, the acting commanding officer for the St James Police Division, is urging parents to take their role as disciplinarians seriously and not expect schools to take charge of their children’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: With St James now enjoying crime reduction on a scale not seen in over two decades, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging displaced gangsters to turn a new page by channelling their energies into farming and agribusiness,...

A pall of gloom now hangs over a Westmoreland community where a three-year-old boy was electrocuted at his home. The police have identified him as Tamani Flemmings of Nile district, Westmoreland. Reports are that about 9 a.m. the child got...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith says the Jamaican man who was deported by the US to Eswatini is now back home in Jamaica. Orville Etoria, was deported to Eswatini in July and held in a maximum-security prison in the African...

Investigators assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) of the police force seized more than 1900 pounds of ganja during an operation in Dumfries, St Thomas on Sunday. The Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate...

Detectives assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division have listed 37-year-old Samuel Brown, otherwise known as Shooter or Mark, of Four Forty Drive, Kingston 11, as wanted for the murder of 49-year-old Oneil Mullings of Thompson View Avenue,...

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday. “We have spent the last days...