Despite the technological and other advances since 1951, the political will to make the well-needed appropriate investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies remains a vitally important missing link in the...
LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad (AP) — Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, condemned on Thursday a recent US strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.” He...
Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally as the Swiss food giant cuts costs as part of its efforts to revive its financial performance. Nestlé, which makes Nescafé, KitKats, pet foods and many other well-known consumer brands, said Thursday that...
A 14-year-old St Elizabeth boy has been charged for the stabbing death of a relative during a fight at their home. Reports from the police are that about 9:50 p.m. on Friday, October 10, the accused boy and two other relatives were at home when...
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is emphasising that access to Little Dunn’s River in St Ann is free of charge and any attempt by unauthorised persons to collect money, obstruct entry, or operate businesses on the property without...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that someone at the US Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials as the Trump administration pressures Panama to limit its ties to China. Responding...
Defence attorney Hugh Wildman this afternoon called for the dismissal of the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid, citing what he described as a major judicial error. Wildman, who represents former Caribbean Maritime...
Security company Beryllium Limited says it has launched a comprehensive internal investigation into theft of "assets" from one of its trucks on Saturday. The company did not state the value of the stolen items. In a media release Thursday...
The body of a female student of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, was reportedly discovered on the George Alleyne Hall at the campus on Thursday morning. It’s understood that suicide is suspected. Police investigators are...
Rights group Stand Up for Jamaica says the country is now at a critical juncture in its response to mental illness as, despite years of advocacy, thousands of Jamaicans -including children, the homeless, and incarcerated individuals - still live...
THE NATURE Conservancy (TNC), in collaboration with regional partners, has officially launched the 30x30 Regional Geospatial Analysis, Mapping Results and Dashboard tool during a virtual event held earlier this month. The conservation dashboard is...
MORE THAN 20 St Ann primary schools are facing off in the inaugural quiz competition of the Cause for Change Foundation, towards awareness raising about climate change and environmental preservation among young people. “Improper garbage disposal...
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting the 18th meeting of the contracting parties to the Cartagena Convention (COP18), intended to inform Caribbean-wide best efforts to address deepening challenges to the marine environment. “...
THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A. Philip Randolph. The latter two had been early...
More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St Catherine, in observance of International Coastal...
Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates were a part of the more than 300 young people...
Recognised among the leading healthcare systems in the United States, Baptist Health South Florida, through Baptist Health International, joined forces with the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AmCham Jamaica) to host a lively mid-morning...
WESTERN BUREAU: Professor William Aiken, district governor of Rotary International District 7020, is calling for the widespread installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Jamaica, noting that the life-saving devices could...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the arrangement....
The police in St Elizabeth are probing the death of a policeman whose body was found hanging from a tree in his yard in Williamsfield district on Wednesday afternoon. He has been identified as Constable Arnold Wilson, who was attached to the Half...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by United States officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month. The State...
Two Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine brothers charged for using their social media business to defraud persons seeking to buy cell phones have made restitution to the complainants. Having received their money back, the three complainants told...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams is in Washington, attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The meetings, which began Monday, are scheduled to end on Saturday, October 18....
Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.19 to sell for $154.42 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.50 to sell for $161.03. Automotive diesel oil will...
