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Manager of the Ecosystems Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis, speaking at a JIS Think Tank.

Over 2,000 hectares of mangrove forests impacted by Hurricane Melissa

More than 2,000 hectares of mangrove forests across five parishes were impacted by Hurricane Melissa, resulting in the urgent need for restoration and resilience-building efforts. This was disclosed by Manager of the Ecosystems Management Branch...
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The Norman Manley High School in St Andrew.

School flunks at caring for Child Premium

A teacher’s failure to intervene in a verbal dispute between two Norman Manley High School (NMHS) students, before it turned physical and left one of them bloodied and missing a tooth, is a “clear breach of the duty and standard of care” the...
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Risky business Premium

More than 60 per cent of Jamaican men are having sexual intercourse with multiple partners, according to a study on males’ sexual practices which also suggests that droves of them are engaging in transactional sex. The research, dubbed Sexual and...
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Father Marlon Myers poses for a photo with some of the congregants.

From Ewarton to the high altar

Marlon Marlondo Myers was born into church. Not the casual, once-a-week kind, but the deep, lived-in kind where faith shapes your mornings, your evenings, and your sense of who you are. He grew up in Ewarton, St Catherine, the only son among four...
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Arriving bags to be scanned before claim under expanded border-protection plan

The Jamaica Customs Agency has announced plans to expand its non-intrusive inspection capacity at the nation’s airports, with the aim of ensuring that arriving passenger bags are scanned before reaching the baggage claim area, further strengthening...
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Tarick Ximines scored the winner against Cavalier yesterday.

Portmore back on winning trail

Portmore United picked up their first win in four Jamaica Premier League matches after a Tarick Ximines goal gave them a 1-0 win over Cavalier at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. It was Cavalier’s third consecutive defeat. Portmore remained in third...
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Jamaican athletes bag three wins at Millrose Games

JAMAICAN athletes were in great form at yesterday’s 118th staging of the Millrose Games at the Nike Track and Field Center, The Armory, New York. The island’s athletes registered three wins at the prestigious meet. Leading the charge was Danielle...
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Jamaica’s nuclear prototypes within six years amid wider two-decade time horizon

Jamaica’s adoption of nuclear power could be two decades away though working prototypes may emerge within four to six years, according to the professor leading the country’s nuclear energy planning efforts. Professor Charles Grant, who chairs the...
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Fitch maintains negative watch on NCB Jamaica securitisation notes

Fitch Ratings maintained its negative watch on BBB- rated bonds issued by two National Commercial Bank entities, citing continued uncertainty over Hurricane Melissa’s impact on the country’s largest bank. “Fitch maintains rating watch negative on...
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Bunny Wailer blesses the audience during his performance at a Bob Marley Birthday Bash at the MXIII Lawn in Negril in February 2009.

Trench Town festival to raise awareness for Wailers 50 project

Reggae lovers are looking forward to the Trench Town Culture Festival on February 4 at the Vin Lawrence Park on First Street in Trench Town. The event, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., will feature acts like Lutan Fyan, Erup, and Earl ‘...
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Fela Kuti, Chaka Khan, Cher among Grammy Lifetime Achievement awardees

LOS ANGELES (AP): Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards on Saturday night. “Music has been my prayer, my...
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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaking at CAF investment forum in Panama City.

Editorial | A new Bandung?

Last week’s call by Prime Minister Andrew Holness for policy coherence and partnerships between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the face of an increasingly discordant and uncertain global environment, is a welcome, and...
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Ronald Thwaites | Facing uncomfortable truths

Leroy, a 14-year-old yout’ from the hills of Westmoreland was talked about in Parliament last week. He has been getting $2,000 a week during term time from the church his mother attends to help with transport and lunch money. He is/was in Grade...
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Letter of the Day | Teachers must do more to de-escalate conflicts

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Jamaica in favour of a former Norman Manley High School student serves as a reminder of the legal thin line between schoolyard altercations and institutional liability. By awarding...
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The day AI made me cry

THE EDITOR, Madam: From the first day I used OpenAI’s ChatGPT I knew that we had entered a new world of possibilities. Sometime between 2024 and 2025, I was introduced to suno.ai while attending a virtual AI summit in India. As a songwriter and...
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This undated image provided by Washington State University in January 2026, made from a video taken from a grizzly bear’s collar camera, shows another grizzly bear on the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope.

Collar cams offer a bear’s eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska’s North Slope

ANCHORAGE (AP): The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska’s rugged and desolate North Slope...
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Supplies running out at al-Hol camp as instability blocks aid deliveries

AL-HASSAKEH (AP): An international humanitarian organisation has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group as the government struggles to establish control over...
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From left: Tracy Lee, Joanne Fletcher-Sale and Simone Fong Kong, raise a toast to the evening.

Something Extra | Monday

Under a canopy of the Roaring Twenties, CG United Insurance Limited recently hosted its business partner appreciation mingle, bringing together key brokers and partners for a night of celebration. The Gatsby-themed affair, held at the East Lawn and...

Dream House | A stunning house of glass in St Mary

This house of glass lets you live inside while feeling completely immersed in the outdoors. Its walls of glass create an architecture of transparency, continuously connecting the interior with the beauty of the natural surroundings. It is located...
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