Strict COVID measures were in place at this year's graduation photo sessions at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, disallowing extra company, including close family and friends. But for 22-year-old David-Asher, Jon-Michael and Marc-Anthony Davis, they were able to share the experience and milestone together as a family and best friends because they are triplets. David-Asher now holds a bachelor of science in political science; Ma ››Read More

                            Rocked by the death of their mother Hilda, the Robinson sisters, Jody-Ann and Stacey-Ann, with the love and support of their father Edward, banded together to ensure they achieved academic success to honour their mother's memory. They recently graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, after achieving master's degrees in economics and corporate finance. The sisters have always been academically gifted and Edward told TH ››Read More

            Life in Jamaica is never dull, so when you write it is like composing an obituary long after the deceased has been interred. So the most a writer can do is to speak from a position of recent history that will be quickly forgotten. I intend to touch only a few of the topics that happened as some of these may portend the things to come (like the Muses of Greek mythology). I will start with the one that had most affected the young people as they represent the futur ››Read More

“When Johnny comes marching home” was a popular marching song in the American Civil War (1861-65) used mainly by the Confederate army which seemed to use singing as a motivation on long marches even as they lost the war. Marching to music seemed to have been a methodology in every historical conflict recorded in history, whether African; European; Asian; Indian; and South and North America; and the Middle East. But long before the advent of the Bible, musical aids helped marching a ››Read More

                        Saidah Denniser has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. During her years in high school, the Kingston resident, realising that her parents were not always in a position to give her all the things she wanted, sold beaded jewellery and sweets to her schoolmates to earn a quick buck. In 2017, when Denniser enrolled at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to read for a bachelor's degree in marketing, she agonised about where the money w ››Read More

Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) through the Caribbean School of Data (CSOD) in collaboration with FLOW Foundation held a virtual graduation for its first cohort of 130 persons in the Skills for the Future Training programme on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The 12-week programme sought to equip Jamaicans ages 16 to 60 years with skills in data management and digital productivity to compete in the growing digital environment. The CSOD is an initiative under the Centre fo ››Read More

                          The launch of the 2021 Vincent HoSang University of the West Indies Venture Competition (UWIVC) took place on September 28, 2021 and brought together industry leaders, academic faculty and students with a focus on teaching students how to seize the opportunities amidst the chaos. As the pandemic has reshaped and given birth to new industries, the need for innovative entrepreneurs with agile skills has never been more critical. This global cri ››Read More

The 2021 Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition (UWIVC) will award student entrepreneurs at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona with over J$1 Mil in cash and prizes to be used to invest in their businesses to help them scale and grow. Established in 2002 the UWIVC was created as a collaboration between Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) and the Vincent HoSang Family Foundation with the objective of assisting budding tertiary level student entrepreneurs with br ››Read More

  Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) congratulates 2nd year MSc Accounting student, Sherece Hamilton-Griffiths, who this year is awarded the Kenneth Chung Memorial MSc Accounting Scholarship. The Scholarship, offered by the Chung family in memory of patriarch Kenneth Chung is administered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) and was established specifically for second year MSBM MSc Accounting students who meet the criteria including, Jamaican na ››Read More