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...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:09 AM
With phishing campaigns on the rise following a breach of Google’s Salesforce database, Dwayne Brown, cybersecurity executive at JN Group, has urged Gmail users to strengthen their account security and adopt safer log-in practices. His warning...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:08 AM
AS JAMAICA teems with development while staring down the barrel of climate change, pollution and nature loss, environmental advocacy is being seen as a key safeguard for sustainability. Local stakeholders are anticipating that the recent...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:07 AM
THE WORLD has been reminded of the linkages between air pollution and climate change, and the need to take a coordinated and comprehensive approach to overcoming the challenges they present to human and environmental health. “Some pollutants affect...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 8:34 PM
Despite being named as an alternate for the women’s 400m hurdles in Jamaica’s squad for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Sanique Walker will not be able to replace Rushell Clayton who has withdrawn from the competition through injury....
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 4:07 PM
Dr Andrew Holness is to be sworn in next week Tuesday to begin his third straight term as prime minister, King's House has informed. The disclosure came after a formal meeting between Holness and Governor General Sir Patrick Allen today,...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 3:29 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labour unions representing millions of educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are terrorising children and their...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 2:20 PM
The driver of a Toyota Mark X motor car was injured and a passenger killed in a crash in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth early Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Kemar Cranstan. According to the police, about 1:00 a.m.,...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 1:44 PM
A fight involving three men in Jericho district in Linstead, St Catherine this morning has left one dead, one hospitalised, and the other on the run. The police report that about 9:10 a.m., the men became involved in a dispute, which escalated...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 1:10 PM
HAVANA (AP) — A total blackout hit Cuba on Wednesday, the latest in a series of outages blamed on ageing infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants. It was the second islandwide outage this year, with three other blackouts reported late...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:26 PM
The man who on Tuesday had a strong police contingent in Manchester in a stand-off for more than four hours has been identified as 54-year-old Dave Alfrancis Wilson, otherwise called ‘Brown Man,’ of Caledonia Road in the parish. Wilson was...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 11:31 AM
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says notices have been served on Batteries and Accessories Warehouse Limited in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, to address an oil contamination that has impacted Great George Street and surrounding...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:50 AM
Jamaica’s reigning women’s 400m hurdles national champion Rushell Clayton is out of the 2025 World Athletics Championships due to injury. “I can confirm that Ms Rushell Clayton has been withdrawn due to injury,” team manager Ian Forbes said upon...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:27 AM
Two St Elizabeth men who were held at sea allegedly attempting to traffic ganja were on Monday each granted bail in the sum of $900,000 when they appeared before the Portland Parish Court. Robin Ebanks, 50, and Richard Lindo, 52, who are both...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:00 AM
The Portmore police in St Catherine have charged a 34-year-old farmer following the seizure of a loaded gun while on patrol in Naggo Head. Ryan Grant, who lives in the area, is charged with unauthorised possession of a prohibited weapon and...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 9:43 AM
Principal of the Morant Bay Primary School in St Thomas, Fay Lindsay, is optimistic that the National Rural School Bus System will help to solve the punctuality challenge facing the student population. “I am hoping that it (the school bus) will...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 9:25 AM
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 11 people while 13 people were missing Wednesday after flash floods struck two provinces of the island nation, authorities said. Torrential rains beginning Monday...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:11 AM
Ahead of the start of the new parliamentary term, one civil society group is urging the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to revisit the Bruce Golding model of allowing opposition members to chair sessional select committees. Mickel Jackson,...
