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August 24, 2026 by Lester Hinds

South Florida bids bittersweet goodbye to Mair

With outgoing Jamaican Consul General to Miami Oliver Mair preparing to take up duties as consul general in New York, community organisations across South Florida and Atlanta recently held a number of…
Rebel Music: The Lyrics Tape
August 24, 2026

Kabaka Pyramid celebrates ‘Rebel Music’ project

Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste Kabaka Pyramid is set to release Rebel Music – The Lyrics Tape on August 28. The 10-track project commemorates the 15th anniversary of his breakthrough Rebel Music…
A demolished home in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny.
August 24, 2026

Editorial | The fix for squatting

Coming so quickly after the Coopers Pen incident, last week’s vow by long-term occupiers of the Jacob Taylor Beach in Trelawny to resist their planned eviction by a state agency should concentrate the…
Buju Banton and Kes will act as honorary marshalls at the Labour Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on September 7.
August 24, 2026

Buju Banton, Kes to marshall Caribbean Carnival Parade

Two of the Caribbean’s most influential musical voices, soca legend Kees Dieffenthaller of KesTheBand and reggae icon Buju Banton have been appointed honorary grand marshalls of the 59th Annual New…
The top four campers at the Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) Junior Creators Robotics Camp celebrate their SVF Robotics Scholarship wins. Pictured with Heather Goldson (left), executive director of the Supreme Ventures Foundation, are (from second left) K
August 24, 2026

Junior Creators Robotics Camp equips students with skills to build the future

Eighty young innovators from Portmore communities spent five days building, coding and imagining the future at the Supreme Ventures Foundation’s (SVF) annual Junior Creators Robotics Camp, held from…
In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny.
August 24, 2026

Urgent need for urban and rural informal settlement upgrading programme

THE EDITOR, Madam: There is a serious need for islandwide urban and rural informal settlement upgrading programme coordinated by the National Housing Trust (NHT). The callous demolition of the…
Amanda Lindo who plays young Merelda in ‘Redeemed’.
August 24, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘Now or never’ for Tony Rebel - Entertainer makes his first visit to the cinema at ‘Redeemed’ première

When Rastafarian entertainer Tony Rebel was invited to the premiere of the faith-based crime drama, Redeemed: A Father’s Love, he said that he had to make one of those “now-or-never decisions”. He…
Kim Mair (right), CEO of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, takes a first-hand look at Little Theatre’s new Digital Sound Board System, with her is Marisa Benain, executive director of the Little Theatre.
August 24, 2026

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation donates J$1.5m to support Little Theatre restoration

The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the JMMB Group, has donated J$1.5 million towards the restoration and preservation of the historic Little Theatre, supporting the purchase of…
August 24, 2026

Rolling out the mat for oneness

Say the word yoga and most people picture a mat, a set of postures, and perhaps a studio with soft lighting and softer music. That picture is not wrong, but it is incomplete. The postures, or asanas,…