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May 4
Jamaica Charts New Path to Digital Future at MSBM hosted Inaugural Caribbean DPI Summit
After two and a half days of dynamic dialogue between April 8-10, 2025, bold commitments, and regional solidarity, the curtains came down on the inaugural Caribbean Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The summit, a first of its kind in the region, was hosted by the Mona School of Business and Management in collaboration with Co-Develop, a grant-making and resource mobilisation organisation, and brought together policymakers, innovato ››Read More
Registration Extended! CB Group UWI 5K & Smart Eggs Kids K
  Due to popular demand, the deadline for registration to the CB Group UWI 5K & Smart Eggs Kids K has been extended to Thursday, December 2, 2021.You can register easily by visiting https://register.uwi5k.org/.Remember to share your run with us @UWI5K and encourage others to participate using the hashtag #WeRunForDreams. The last day allowed for submission of your results information is December 9. ››Read More
The UWI’s Landmark Industry-Alignment deal with Sandals and FIU
  The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has penned an agreement with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and Florida International University’s (FIU) Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, solidifying a landmark industry-academic alignment partnership to establish a world-class tourism training institute based at the University. The Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart International School of Hospitality & Tourism is expected to be a cutting-edge, research-led facil ››Read More
After COP26
  The buzz word of worldwide news seems to be related to the global conference of the United Nations COP26, currently being held in Glasgow, Scotland. It has been an extended and broad meeting, as the consequences of climate change have become acceptable for public attention on a world stage. Beyond political obfuscation of the past decades, scientific reasoning and facts seem to be becoming more understood worldwide.For many, their understanding of complex scientific findings ha ››Read More
Gordon 'Butch' Stewart tourism school officially launched at MOU signing
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday forming a high-powered partnership agreeing to establish the Gordon “Butch” Stewart International School of Hospitality and Tourism that will train the next generation of Caribbean industry leaders and immortalise its greatest icon. It is the intention to make the eponymous school “like nothing the world has ever seen”, vowed Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), at the signing ceremony in t ››Read More
Don’t blame Covid for regional tourism woes says UWI professor
          The region’s tourism challenges have not been created by COVID-19, but have simply been exposed and amplified believes Professor Andrew Spencer, who was recently the first person to be promoted to the position of Professor of Tourism at University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. In an interview with the Sunday Business Guardian, Spencer who was appointed on October 13, explained that the problems before the pandemic are the problems today: climate change, social ex ››Read More
From struggle to triumph - A young man’s journey of hopelessness to achieving his dreams
                          From one CXC to MSc with distinction. That’s the story of 31-year-old Castio Williams, who endured failure, tragedy, family challenges and financial difficulties, but triumphed. He now proudly holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in international public and development management from The University of the West Indies (UWI). Williams hails from Trinity district in Porus, Manchester, where he attended Porus High School. On entry to high ››Read More
‘Amazing feeling’: YouTube triplets now UWI graduates
                          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
Sisters earn master’s degrees together
                            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
The Gas Factory is already under control and merely needs a Spark
            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
Let the People March and Blow off Steam
“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