• Sun, 20 September 2026

Tech News – Next Decade’s 5G Networks Will Be More than Just Fast

5G Network Jamaica

According to Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson, the world’s largest vendor of telecommunications equipment, the 5G wireless networks coming in the next decade will be 100 times faster than those currently available, but that’s not all. The future 5G networks will be able to know what type of device is being used to connect and […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – A Demonstration of Grace

When Jesus met the woman at the well in the Samaritan city of Sychar, she experienced a life-changing moment (John 4). Not only was she confounded by this Jew who broke with tradition and asked a favour of her a Samaritan (v.9), He was able to tell her things about herself that she had not […]

Paediatric Patients Get Refurbished Learning Centre From Flow Foundation

Paediatric patients at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon will now benefit from a newly refurbished Learning Centre that facilitates recreational and educational activities. The Centre will also be used as a GSAT learning centre. CEO for the Hospital, Mr. Leon Dixon said the Centre will facilitate GSAT lessons and examinations. A teacher has been […]

Students Advocate Good Dental Health Practices

Students of the Thompson Town Primary School in Clarendon present a comedic and dramatic version to an original song about good dental hygiene. The students participated in the Oral Health Competition at the Anglican Church Hall, Clarendon as part of the initiatives for Oral Health Month being celebrated in October. The students were urged to […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending October 30th, 2015

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS   STORIES —————————————- JAMAICA TAPS MEDICAL TOURISM MARKET—10/28/15 An agreement made between the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation and the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) has enhanced the nation’s ability to succeed in the medical tourism market. Under the agreement, JANAAC connections with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) will now include […]

Jamaica among World’s Top 10 Most Improved Economies

Jamaican Economy

According to a report from the World Bank for 2016, Jamaica has ranked in the top ten most improved economies in the world. The nation’s implementation of significant reforms during 2015 was cited as the reason for its success. Among these are creating RAIS, an online tax-payment system that has facilitated the activity; introducing the […]

10,000 Jobs to Be Created at Spanish Town Motor Vehicle Assembly Plant

Motor Vehicle Assembly

A motor vehicle assembly facility is slated for construction in Spanish Town. Spurred by investments totaling US$350 million, the plant is expected to create some 10,000 jobs within three years. The project results from the partnering of Gulfray Americas and China National Automotive Industry International Corporation (CNAICO), which is a subsidiary of China National Machinery […]

Minnesota Celebrates Marlon James Day

Marlon James Day

  The governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges, were on hand at Macalester College to recognize Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James with a celebration marking Marlon James Day. James, a Jamaican-born writer who currently lives in Minneapolis and teaches at Macalester, received the highly regarded literary prize for […]