Mona, Jamaica

A 25-year-old security guard has been removed from The University of the West Indies Mona campus after it is alleged that he attempted to abduct and rape an ... Show more

Security guard removed from post at UWI following rape, abduction allegations - Jamaica Observer

Passionate about life at sea, Jamaica-born Captain Rayon Carruthers is determined to make sure that the country’s youth have equitable access to the pleasures ... Show more

The ocean’s for everyone | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

“This is coming home!!!”- @kestheband 🇯🇲🇹🇹🇯🇲 Kes The Band ignited the stage on Carnival Thursday at @RYTZallinclusive, fueling the excitement for the ... Show more

Fetting all night!🔥 @xoduscarnival debuted the Hennessy Xodus Fete Gala on Wednesday, a mixture of elegance and reveling 🎭 The Ruins at UWI Mona campus was ... Show more

This Easter Monday we fetin’ at UWI Mona Bowl!! Catch the action live as the #Oteam captures patrons playin’ mas the right way at @camparicaribbean sponsored ... Show more

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s 14,094-strong members will today embark under the leadership of Dr Kevin Blake at the helm ... Show more

JUSTICE FOR ALL | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

The Musgrave Medal Award ceremony held at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies, Mona ... Show more

Musgrave Medal awardees ‘surprised’ by honour | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner

Renowned public relations practitioner Marcia Erskine has died. Observer Online understands that Erskine passed away suddenly at her home on Wednesday night ... Show more

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Tributes are pouring in even as the theatre world reels from the shock death of retired educator Brian Heap. The former head of the Philip Sherlock Centre for ... Show more

Tributes for theatre stalwart Brian Heap | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner

Don Robotham, the anthropologist and public intellectual who comments frequently on Jamaica’s political economy, delivered what ought not to have been a ... Show more

Editorial | The reading question – again | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

It is a double murder that residents of Christian Meadows would rather not remember. But also one that police, firefighters ... Show more

First responders laud training to aid the mentally ill | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Real estate developer 138 Student Living Jamaica is again eyeing the University of Technology, Jamaica to grow its business ... Show more

138 Student Living eyeing UTech again for new business | Business | Jamaica Gleaner

Mourners are now gathered at the Mona Chapel at the University of the West Indies for the thanksgiving service for former President of the Court of Appeal ... Show more

At a special sitting of the Court of Appeal on Friday, several members of the judiciary paid tribute to the late Justice Cecil Dennis Morrison ... Show more

Justice Dennis Morrison hailed as a master teacher, model judge | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Anesha Miller was shocked when she emerged as the 2023 winner of the Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) Supreme Heroes programme ... Show more

Anesha Miller wins Supreme Hero title | News | Jamaica Gleaner

The Gore Family Foundation has invested $3 million to bring robotics to 300 basic school children in the Corporate Area. These children will be among the ... Show more

Robotics prepares Jamaica’s children for the future, says Gore Foundation | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson is urging The University of the West Indies (The UWI) to establish a new faculty aimed at empowering more students to take ... Show more

PJ urges UWI to establish creative arts faculty - Jamaica Observer

More disruptions loom at The University of Technology, Jamaica as the three major staff unions have rejected the Government's proposed compensation package ... Show more

UTech staff unions reject gov't's new wage offer | News | Jamaica Gleaner

After handing over the art collection of late philanthropist and businessman Michael Campbell last Wednesday evening, former Prime Minister P J Patterson ... Show more

Patterson bats for Faculty of Creative Arts | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Commercial entities that operate on The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, will soon face an increase in fees as the university revamps its rate ... Show more

UWI to revise fee structure for on-campus commercial outfits | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Back-to-back champs! 🏆 Clarendon College dominates once again, after securing the ISSA Olivier Shield with a stellar 4-0 victory over Mona High on Wednesday ... Show more

Given Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ frequent suggestion that Jamaica might have to import workers to fill a growing labour shortage ... Show more

Editorial | Use skills of older workers | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

January 5 is the date set for academic and senior administrative staff at The University of West Indies, Mona to start withholding grades as part of industrial ... Show more

Students at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus are now worried as they face possible industrial action by academic and senior administrative staff ... Show more

UWI, Mona students jittery as lecturers threaten industrial action - Jamaica Observer

Velonique Bowen, former Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, has made good on her promise to assist students to meet their true academic potential ... Show more

GetAced Academic Services helping students achieve their best | News | Jamaica Gleaner

The residents of the City of Refuge Children’s Home and the Jamaica National Children’s Home who were fêted by 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited on Thursday ... Show more

138 Student Living makes timely donation to children’s homes | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Amid renaming the administrative block of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona in honour of Sir Kenneth Hall two weeks ago ... Show more

Hall still yearns for campus centre | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

In a heartfelt farewell punctuated with humorous anecdotes on Monday, Maxine Wedderburn dubbed her late brother Professor Edward Alston Cecil Baugh a “giant of ... Show more

Edward Baugh saluted as titan amid touching tributes | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Nile Anderson, a native from Westmoreland, Jamaica, is the 2024 Rhodes Scholar. He will be attending the Oxford University and intends to pursue a degree in ... Show more

Nile Anderson named Jamaica's 2024 Rhodes Scholar | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Chartered accountant and career banker Dennis Cohen is to work for free as he leads a broad-based transformational group at the Mona campus of the University ... Show more

Cohen to work pro bono as UWI project lead | Business | Jamaica Gleaner

Opposition spokesperson on foreign affairs Lisa Hanna has called for the resignation of foreign affairs minister Kamina Johnson Smith following Jamaica’s no ... Show more

Generally, Professor Evan Dale Abel is right that there was nothing mankind could imagine “that you cannot achieve”. Indeed ... Show more

Editorial | Possibilities for R&D | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

Densil Williams, principal of The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, is recommending that measures be taken to maintain the Caribbean region’s ... Show more

Do not delay in creating social security measures, says UWI principal | News | Jamaica Gleaner

In a striking broadside against the UK Privy Council, law experts from across the region questioned Jamaica’s continued clinging to the London-based appellate ... Show more

‘HOGWASH!’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

The annual Peter Tosh Symposium takes place on October 19 at the Multi-Functional Lecture Room on the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies from 5 ... Show more

Annual Peter Tosh Symposium for UWI October 19 | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner