While the students are happy to be out of Ukraine, they are still anxious as to what will happen as it relates to their studies. Most of the students went to Ukraine because of the cost to study medicine in their homeland. Students may also need...
Jellisa Williams was born with several medical conditions. Her mother could not afford treatment and so kept her at home. Even though Williams has never been in a classroom, she is hopeful that she can still realise her dream of becoming a phone...
Major General Antony Anderson says intelligence-guided operations continue to drive gun seizures. He also reported that murders have decreased by six per cent and shootings by 21 per cent. According to the commissioner, break-ins have also been...
Esther Thomas was still uneasy days after coming home from Ukraine. She was among the group of students but got out a few days before the attack by Russia. Her mother said even after coming home, she was still traumatised by the events and was very...
AnaKay Thomas Peart is due to give birth to her fifth child on March 20. The 32-year-old lives in a tent on Bob Marley Beach with her husband and a toddler. She had been living with her parents because of hard times but has had to move out because...
Road crashes have claimed 18 lives since the start of the year including two females who were attempting to save the life of a gunshot victim. In rushing to the hospital, the driver crashed into a truck and three of the occupants in the car died....
Major gun find in Kingston Cops name woman as person of interest Published March 5, 2022 /Andre Williams/Staff Reporter The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) yesterday made another dent in the shipment of...
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 Queen opened the Parliament with an extensive and promising Throne Speech. Income tax laws, land reform, and improvements in the education sector were some of the issues that were addressed. Published: Saturday, March 5, 1966 QUEEN OPENS...
Residents in Black River were saddened by what they described as the worst tragedy to have hit their community. Nine port workers drowned after their boat capsized. Members of the community gathered to offer support and hope as divers searched for...
Some of UCWI's finest students vied for the title of UCWI's Carnival Queen. After a very spirited competition, Shirley Anderson came out on top. After the contest, the carnival celebrations continued with J’ouvert. Published Monday...
Thousands of Jamaicans lined the royal route to welcome Queen Elizabeth and Prince William for the final lap of their Caribbean tour. Over the four-day visit, the Queen had a packed schedule that saw her calling on the prime minister and other...
The boffins unintentionally recorded a dying brain when an 87-year-old man passed away while being tested to see what was behind his seizures. The information collected from his brain wave patterns was similar to what is experienced during dreaming...
Research shows that completing chores such as washing the dishes, vacuuming, and cooking can slash the risk of the world's top killer in females by two-thirds. The findings revealed that those who spent four hours per day doing "daily life...
New research has shown that the owners of animals, including dogs, cats, and rabbits were discovered to have maintained more of their cognitive abilities. Researchers tested more than 1,300 people with an average of 65 and found that long-term pet...
The unnamed 38-year-old patient arrived at Mount Sinai in Manhattan complaining of breathing difficulties out of his right nasal cavity. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr Sagar Khanna and Dr Michael Turner diagnosed the...
A 55-year-old patient was admitted to a hospital in India with constipation and severe abdominal pain. He underwent both an ultrasound and an X-ray, where medics located a "serious disturbance" in his intestines. It turned out that the...
WASHINGTON, DC: On February 24, the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the West paid Russia about $500 million. That’s the average daily value of purchases of Russian energy by the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the...
NEW YORK : US President Joe Biden’s recently announced goal of reducing America’s cancer death rate by half in the next 25 years, with its encouraging emphasis on early detection and prevention, sounds bold. But we can do even more to...
CAMBRIDGE : As I write, Russia’s army has entered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. It is clear now that the threat of sanctions did not dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from launching his invasion. But making good on the threat can...
CAMBRIDGE : Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been rapid and dramatic, but the economic consequences will be much slower to materialise and less spectacular. The war itself is enormously tragic, first and foremost for the Ukrainian people, but...
NEW YORK: As Russian tanks battle through Ukraine on the orders of an authoritarian president, it is worth noting that Ukrainians are not the only ones who crave democracy. Russians, too, have taken to the streets – at great personal risk...
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...
NUKE THREAT War-weary Jamaicans reach Polish border as Putin activates nuclear deterrent Jamaica Gleaner 28 Feb 2022 David Salmon/Gleaner Writer LESS THAN 48 hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military to activate its...
