ATLANTA :Last month, when US National Intelligence Director Avril Haines presented the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment to the Senate Intelligence Committee, committee members praised her for the “excellent work”...
NEW DELHI: The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should terrify policymakers and ordinary people around the world. The IPCC warns that some disastrous climate outcomes are now likely to occur not in the distant future...
CAMBRIDGE: Ask any economist whether competition is always a good thing, and the answer will be a resounding yes. After all, competition powers what the late William Baumol termed the “innovation machine” of the modern market economy....
KYIV: Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Western world has watched with admiration how the brave Ukrainian people have resisted Vladimir Putin’s despotic evil. This admiration has translated into...
The efficiency of JCF and ODPP are integral to the justice system When a person is charged with a crime, their life is put on hold until the matter is settled by whatever means. It is important that all the parties involved work efficiently to...
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 past's line-up of cartoons as...
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Birmingham to restore Kingston railway station on Pechon Street and fix a little over three miles of the railway track. BACK ON...
The reward-for-guns programme has brought in 224 illegal firearms since September 2017. However, only a quarter of the sum set aside has been paid out over the last five years as most persons say they just want a stop to the crime in their...
Dwayne Latty has admitted to stealing approximately $3.2 million from the credit union where he worked. He was ordered by the judge to repay the cash but said he was unable at the moment because he had already used the money for expenses over a period of time.
Eight-year-old Thomas James Jr was shot in the head and his father was injured in a brazen attack. The school and the community are extremely hurt by what is being called a "senseless killing". ‘SENSELESS’ 8-y-o killed in...
Arlene Harrison Henry says that the police who were involved in the cutting of Nzinga King’s hair should be charged with assault. DPP Paula Llewellyn says she stands by her ruling saying the prosecution would not be able to mount a viable...
Major General Antony Anderson says that police personnel will not be placed in every school. He shared that it was important to have trained members to help school administrators where necessary and as such 55 school resource officers have been...
Seventeen-year-old student Jason Whyte Jr was found in bushes in Clarendon. Reports are that he left home to visit a relative and did not return. His stepmother says Jason Whyte Sr has barely eaten or spoken since his son was found. Central High...
The Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships is one of the most highly anticipated events on the school calendar each year. Schools from across the island put their best athletes on show.
A spirit of gratitude filled the atmosphere at Ordnance Pier, Princess Street ,where a new boat was handed over to the JDF Coast Guard. Acting Prime Minister Clement Tavares accepted the gift from the US on behalf of Prime Minister the Hon. Donald...
Johnny Nash's show opened with a scanty audience, but he still managed to deliver a good set with his popular hits. Nash arrived in Jamaica for the final leg of his Caribbean tour. Monday, April 9, 1962 Nash Show Opens The Johnny Nash show...
Dignitaries, as well as regular citizens, were present at the airport to welcome the president of the United States and his wife. According to Prime Minister Edward Seaga, President Reagan visited to hold talks about the Caribbean Basin Initiative...
Kingston College and other competitors were no match for the Hope Road school at the annual inter-scholastic track and field championships. Jamaica College had strategic placements in all major events, and this led to them being victorious....
Fish are not known for their sharp brains, but a new scientific study has revealed that they can get their heads around sums involving numbers one to five. They were trained to recognise that yellow symbols represented adding by one and blue...
A study from experts at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh found that canines have muscles in their faces that closely resemble those of humans, allowing them to form facial expressions close to ours. The team's findings claim that the features...
Working on behalf of Alton Towers Resort, a team of researchers fitted kids aged four-seven with special smart watches that measure a range of physiological and emotional reactions – including heart rate, skin temperature and skin conductance...
New findings in the United States suggest that humans only need a maximum of 6.5 hours of sleep per night, contradicting guidance that adults need to spend between six and nine hours slumbering per night. The researchers suggest that the quality of...
Fungi experts believe that mushrooms are most likely to be having conversations about the weather and potential dangers. The mushrooms could also be warning others that they are on their patch and telling them to back off. Boffins analysed patterns...
ATHENS : The war in Ukraine has brought harrowing images to Europe. Countless lives and livelihoods have been lost. More than four million Ukrainians have fled, and over six million more are internally displaced. The United Nations High...
VIENNA: A grim old Soviet joke probably rings far too true to Ukrainians today. A Frenchman says, “I take the bus to work, but when I travel around Europe, I use my Peugeot.” A Russian replies, “We, too, have a wonderful system of...
