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Karl Williams (left), CEO, and Mark McDermoth, president, of Atelier Dermoth Williams Limited, the official management company of the Miss Universe brand in Jamaica.
March 19, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

Dr Gabrielle Henry still recovering

Organisers of the Miss Universe Jamaica pageant have confirmed that Dr Gabrielle Henry, the 2025 queen, has been released from hospital, and is recuperating under the care of her medical team. “She…
From left: Paul Auriol, managing director, Central America and Caribbean, Moët Hennessy; President of Latin America and the Caribbean Régine Erviti, and General Manager Alexandre Helaine, toast to the official partnership between Hennessy and Yard Mas Ca
March 19, 2026

Something Extra | Thursday

Select Brands Limited, exclusive distributor of Hennessy, launched The Spirit of Carnival with an event at Jangas Soundbar. Executives from Moët Hennessy and Yard Mas Carnival joined content creators…
Jeremiah Knight, author of the cookbook and memior ‘Diplomat in the Kitchen’.
March 19, 2026

‘Diplomat in the Kitchen’: Sangria and satay, reimagined

Jeremiah Knight, a career United States diplomat with Caribbean roots, is sharing more of his globally inspired recipes and culinary stories from Diplomat in the Kitchen, his new cookbook and memoir. …
Sueann Ricketts (left), school nurse at St Catherine High School, poses for a photo with student Toronary Walker as they distribute refreshments during the school’s Sports Day activities on Thursday, March 12. St Catherine High School was one of the late
March 19, 2026

Corporate Hands | WATA’s Hydrate to Educate School Tour makes a stop at St Catherine High School

The Bogue Heights heroes gleefully displaying their certificates of appreciation.
March 19, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Bogue Heights honours its Hurricane Melissa heroes

Western Bureau: After Hurricane Melissa, with all the fury of its 195-mile-per-hour winds, many Jamaicans emerged as heroes in numerous communities, especially in western Jamaica, risking their…
Robert Taylor, director of probation and aftercare.
March 19, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

More than 2,000 non-custodial offenders being supervised in communities islandwide

WESTERN BUREAU: Robert Taylor, director of probation and aftercare, says Jamaica’s probation service is currently supervising more than 2,000 non-custodial offenders across the island. Taylor made…
State Minister in the ministry of National Security and Peace, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right), is being assisted by Chief Technical Director in the ministry, Shauna Trowers, with threading a sewing machine in the new sewing lab at the South Camp Juvenile Co
March 19, 2026

Sewing Lab opens at South Camp Juvenile Centre

The South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre now boasts a sewing laboratory, which will equip incarcerated girls and young women with a marketable skill to support themselves and their…
Representatives from Guardian Life Limited, along with the clinical and leadership team at Bustamante Hospital for Children, view the full set of newly delivered medical equipment on March 9 in the Conference Room at the Accident and Emergency Building. Th
March 19, 2026

Corporate Hands | Guardian Life Life SHINE 5K provides equipment to Bustamante Hospital

Students from St Thomas Technical High School engage with newly launched NEPA educational games during the National School Environmental Club Programme Workshop, guided by Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer, Ava Tomlinson.
March 19, 2026

NEPA rolls out new education tools at student workshop

More than 80 students and teachers from six high schools across Portland and St Thomas recently participated in a National Schools Environment Club Programme (NSECP) capacity-building workshop hosted…