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Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber
March 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Beloved educator Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber has died

Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber, a retired senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, died on March 11 after a long illness. Her life will be celebrated next Tuesday at Webster Memorial United Church in St Andrew, starting at 10 a.m. Dr Shields Brodber began her teaching career at her alma mater, The Queen’s School, where she taught language and literature.

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Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber
March 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Beloved educator Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber has died

Dr Kathryn Shields Brodber, a retired senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, died on March 11 after a long illness. Her life will be celebrated next Tuesday at Webster Memorial United…
Brian Royes, campaign manager, The Repair Campaign.
March 18, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Repair Campaign unrelenting in fight for reparations

When slavery in the British Caribbean was abolished between 1834 and 1838, the British government authorised a £20-million compensation package for former holders of enslaved people – funded entirely…
Kacy Garvey
March 17, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Kingston Poetry Week targets growth of spoken-word industry

This year’s staging of Kingston Poetry Week, now undeway, is seeking to position Jamaica’s capital as the global epicentre of the spoken word, according to JAIKU, organisers of the event.
Steven Golding
March 14, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Golding launches nursery rhymes celebrating Jamaican heritage

For generations, basic school students in Jamaica have been reciting nursery rhymes — catchy verses whose playful lines often seem nonsensical at first glance. Yet they carry coded messages far…
A sunset view with the Negril Lighthouse in the foreground, photographed from the Negril Huts property in West End.
March 4, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Trauma care meets psilocybin in a structured retreat

Afterlight Retreats will host its first clinical psilocybin therapy and integration retreats in Jamaica from today through to March 8 at Negril Huts, a private cluster of cottages on the West End…
A scene from the performance titled ‘Bondage’.
February 27, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

UTech’s first season of dance makes historic debut

UTech’s 2026 Season of Dance was nothing short of historic – a one-night premiere that marked the Centre for the Arts’ first-ever formal season, Mudayane, a Swahili term meaning “we are one” and…
Stephanie Williams
February 26, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Women In Law Foundation hosts benefit concert

On Sunday, March 8 at 5 p.m. at The Little Theatre in St Andrew, Women In Law Foundation (WILF), in conjunction with Riverside Open Bible Church and Mona Open Bible Church, and in association with…
CaribbeanTales Media Group (CTMG) founder, Frances-Anne Solomon
February 21, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Cross Continental Forum moves to South Africa

CaribbeanTales Media Group (CTMG) has announced that the Cross Continental Forum, a global market access platform connecting producers across Africa, the Caribbean, and their wide diasporas, will this…
Some of the members of staff from the Language Section in the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy (DLLP) at the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies. Communication specialist Joan Andrea Hutchinson is second from left in the fron
February 21, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

UWI observes ‘Language Section Week’

Starting tomorrow and continuing through next Friday, the Language Section of the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy (DLLP) at the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies…