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More than 2,000 primary and secondary schoolchildren packed the Carib Theatre for a concert presented by the 75-member Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. This marked the final performance of the orchestra's 1967 Caribbean tour, which included...
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Dr Manley West, a distinguished alumnus of Titchfield High School in Portland and a Ph.D. graduate from the University of London in pharmacology, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone at The University of the West Indies, Mona. Dr West is the...
The House of Representatives successfully passed an act further amending the Road Traffic Act, marking a significant step towards reducing road fatalities. The primary focus of the amendment is the implementation of the long-awaited breathalyzer...
Alexander Bustamante, the leader of the Labour Party, has fulfilled his pledge to secure 75 per cent of the seats in the House of Representatives, as election results reveal that Labour candidates won 23 out of the total 32 elected positions. The...
Vintage wedding fashion graced the pages of December 1963, capturing timeless elegance. Mrs Alphonso A. Henry, Mrs Roy George McLean, Mrs Cedric Lanyon Harper, and Mrs Carlton Roy Willie celebrated love in style.
A new study in Finland challenges established scientific knowledge and claims that physical activity isn't as beneficial as typically thought. Experts led by Anna Kankaanpaa at the University of Jyvaskyla analysed the records of over 11,000...
A new study has found that the rodents are capable - just like humans and chimps - of spotting their reflections. Scientists at the University of Texas discovered that black mice who had their heads painted with white ink attempted to clean...
Researchers from Ningbo University in China put a low-intensity current through the brains of patients suffering from mild to moderate dementia and compared them to a control group that received a bogus treatment. All 63 patients showed improved...
Scientists have discovered that solitude can be "healthy" as it reduces stress and creates a sense of freedom – but only if it is through choice. Previous research has linked social isolation with poor mental health, but the new...
It has been discovered that indoor pollution in a person's home reaches an annual high on December 25 - with the preparation of the festive meal being cited as a major cause for the spike. Experts in the US analysed indoor pollution levels for...
BERKELEY :When political leaders, policymakers, environmental advocates, and philanthropists gather for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28), food systems will be high on the agenda for the first time. Given...
NEW YORK: It is difficult to imagine the world without Henry Kissinger, not simply because he lived to be 100 years old, but because he occupied an influential – and sometimes dominant – place in American foreign policy and...
DUBAI : Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers – those are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention at each year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference. Yet for the past decade, and with far...
LONDON :Nearly 30 years into global negotiations to address climate change, efforts to control the problem are lagging, reflecting stalled progress towards creating a sustainable trajectory more broadly. Each year of delay adds to the urgency of...
AUSTIN: In a recent commentary for the Financial Times, Martin Wolf trots out the spectre of a “public-debt disaster,” that recurrent staple of bond-market chatter. The essence of his argument is that since debt-to-GDP ratios are high,...
In a harrowing incident on a late Saturday night, 29-year-old Anthony Jones, a mentally ill ex-convict, was fatally shot by police at the Grants Pen Police Station in St Andrew. Reportedly, Jones attacked law enforcement officers, causing extensive...
