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Remotes are thought to hold 15 times more bacteria than toilets. Experts believe this is the case because multiple people are handling the device - with the possibility that some may be touching TV remotes without washing their hands after going...

NEW YORK: Following the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in June, we reached a breakthrough moment. Governments, international financial institutions, and civil-society organizations, recognizing the need to tackle today...

MUNICH – So now Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have met again, this time in the former Russian territory of Alaska. As an outside observer, one could almost get the impression that time had turned back to the world before the end of the Cold...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week's past line-up of cartoons, as...

Political families in Jamaica provide continuity, institutional knowledge, and name recognition, helping parties maintain stability and giving voters a sense of predictability. However, some warn that these families can stifle meritocracy, limit...

Government and education leaders praised the ten inmates who earned degrees through the UCC–DCS–Stand Up For Jamaica partnership, highlighting their determination and perseverance. UCC President Professor Colin Gyles described them as...

The Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) has promised to focus on improving wages and living standards if it forms the next government. General Secretary Robert Rainford said the party plans to increase the minimum wage to US$11 per hour over three...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding have both highlighted the urgent need to support children with special needs in Jamaica. Holness promised to expand existing facilities, including the Mico CARE Centre, and build...

May and Baker, represented locally by Hercules Agencies, played a key role in honouring 1970 Miss Jamaica Farm Queen Authrine Patterson at a luncheon at the Swiss Chalet. The company sponsored the Farm Queen’s 10-day trip to the United...

Mrs. Dorothy Ebanks, the first woman employed as a driver by Jamaica Omnibus Services, began regular driving after completing a six-week training course. The company emphasised that her gender did not affect her role, conditions of service, or...

A two-year-old grizzly female beast - who was first spotted with  a jar on her head on July 26 in north central Sawyer County - covered an area of nearly 50 miles as she wandered through Bayfield, Douglas and Sawyer counties in Wisconsin, USA...

Twenty per cent of people among a sample of 2,001 Parents in the UK aged 18+ with a child(ren) age 18 or below, like to give their apple a juicy flavour. Also, as part of research by Censuswide - of which the data was collected between July 25,...