The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona debating team is currently in Turkey participating in the 30th World Universities Debating Championships, hosted by Koc University in Antalya, Turkey. Read More →

Professor Verene Shepherd's recent launch of Livestock Sugar and Slavery: Contested Terrain in Colonial Jamaica was a notable first for publisher Ian Randle. It was their debut official public presentation of a publication on their own premises at Cunningham... 

The first time I ever visited a school in Jamaica was in 1973. was starting my research on Jamaican oral narratives, primarily of African origin, and had been directed to speak with an official at the Tivoli Gardens School. Read More →

Thursday night, when fireworks lit up the skies over Kingston Harbour, Sylvester Johnson tightly held on to his son Kareem's legs - he was sitting on his shoulders. The youngster beamed with joy as the dazzling, coloured lights, accompanied by onomatopoeic... 

The University College of the Caribbean (UCC) will host student orientation exercises this week. Read More →

Many modern features of the commercial banking sector today were established in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the sector first emerged. Read More →

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP):The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, according to a court filing by Yale... Read More →

NEW YORK (AP):R. Kelly is writing more chapters, only this time, it's not for his Trapped saga, but for a new memoir. Read More →

Life is a funny thing. Read More →

Job cuts. Wage freezes. More work, less pay. Hard times. These are the mantras of our times, as the world closes its doors on what TIME magazine's December 7th cover, called 'The Decade from Hell.' These realities also represent a recipe for hopelessness...