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Dr Michelle Pinnock, the regional director for the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information’s Region Four office, speaks with St James’ Custos, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, during a back-to-school financial aid programme put on by the Excelerate
August 11, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Parenting plea - Regional director urges greater support towards children’s education

WESTERN BUREAU: With the new school year just weeks away, Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director for the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information’s Region Four, is calling for parents to…
Barnswell
August 11, 2026 by Olivia Brown

‘She became my child’ - Barnswells reflect on rescue that earned national honour

For Councillor Scean Barnswell, there was no time to deliberate when he spotted a man with a six-year-old girl, who had reportedly been abducted from St Thomas More Preparatory School in May Pen,…
Dr Michelle Pinnock, the regional director for the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information’s Region Four office, speaks with St James’ Custos, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, during a back-to-school financial aid programme put on by the Excelerate
August 11, 2026

West to get plyboard classroom amid slow post-Melissa repair

Western Bureau: With several schools in western Jamaica still in a state of disrepair, nine months after Hurricane Melissa, the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information’s Region Four has…
Specialist Dilip Patel working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, July 30 in New York. AP
August 11, 2026

US stocks slip below their records as oil prices rise 5%

The US stock market slipped below its all-time high while oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 fell…
People walk over a stone dam, that is normally covered by water, towards the ‘Maeuseturm’ (mice tower) in the middle of the river Rhine in Bingen, Germany Monday.
August 11, 2026

Western Europe sets new temperature record

PARIS (AP): The UK and France are bracing for the fifth heatwave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.…
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Monday.
August 11, 2026

Magnitude 7.4 quake kills at least 111 people

CALI (AP): A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved…
Fabian and Antonica Douglas marked the beginning of their life as husband and wife on May 23.
August 12, 2026 by Krysta Anderson

Island Wedding | Fabian and Antonica’s call to ‘I do’

One day, while working at a call centre, Antonica Pinnock was handling a matter that had to be escalated to one of the banks the company worked with. The call connected her with Fabian Douglas, and…
Powell
August 11, 2026

Immigration | Can I take my family to Canada?

Dear Miss Powell, I am an executive secretary in the government service and would like to explore my options under the Canadian work programme. Is it possible for you to give me some information and…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain
August 11, 2026

A.J. Nicholson | Mischief in Port-of-Spain

“Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take now what course thou wilt.” That was the approach adopted by Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar after the assassination. Persons with special…