A new study has revealed that it takes diners who photograph their meals longer to feel full and makes them more likely to ask for a second helping. Researchers at Georgia Southern University in the United States split 145 students into two groups...
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...
Who exactly is the vaccine message intended for? How do we measure if these messages are reaching the intended audience? At the current vaccination rate, the Government's target would be reached by 2025. The people living in the rural...
Technical Director Rudolph Spied is elated with the title win after 40 years. He says it will give hope to the youngsters who did not get a chance to play in the Premier League because people did not think they were good enough. Spied is also...
With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic nowhere in sight, teachers, students and parents are frustrated with the daily struggles of online classes. One teacher has put forward that some children are not learning at all. This is further supported by a...
Children and adults alike are happy to have received skateboards from a volunteer from Boys' Town. Instead of playing with toy guns, children are caught up trying to learns tricks and stunts on their skateboards with ambitions of becoming...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is yet to comment on Minister Vaz visa situation and whether or not it will have any bearing on his position in the Cabinet. However, former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been very critical of the handling...
Lawmakers representing persons in several communities were irate in last Tuesday's sitting of the House of Parliament. MP Julian Robinson is adamant that the energy minister intervene as his constituents are suffering without power for hours at...
Richie Stephenson was brought into the spotlight when Singaporean Elaine Lim uploaded a 25-minute long video on YouTube claiming to have been sexually abused by the entertainer. Stephenson quickly responded to say that the accusations were baseless...
St Catherine is probably the fastest-growing parish in Jamaica. Today, it looks very different from what it did centuries earlier. Take a look at scenes from the parish and see for yourself. Published September 1962 This is a production independent...
Jamaica, in 1986, took a massive step towards maturing its political processes when it announced its first contractor general in Ashton Wright. The position has since served as a conduit for the rooting out of corruption and ensuring a minimum...
Professor Rex Nettleford’s contribution to Jamaican culture is immense. One of the institutions he founded continues to make that great contribution. As old as Jamaica itself, the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, paved the way for...
Jamaica’s socialist bent in the 1970s under then prime minister Michael Manley divided the country dead down the middle. There were those afraid that Jamaica would become a communist state, much like its neighbor Cuba. The increasingly close...
A united West Indies needs a few things, one of which is a symbol of that unity. In 1957 that was a flag. A sort of tender was sent out for the members of the federation to create a flag and wouldn’t you know it, representing the Jamaican...
A study has found that breast milk contains antibodies after Covid recovery. Women who have tested positive for coronavirus can continue to secrete antibodies into their breast milk for up to 10 months following their recovery. Dr Sarika Gupta said...
Robot footballers will be capable of winning the World Cup by 2050, an expert has predicted. Scientists have set the ambitious goal of getting robot football stars to overcome humans in the next 30 years through the RoboCup initiative. Boffins have...
The 60-year-old vice president of Suriname picked himself to start in a football match. Ronnie Brunswijk, a former soldier turned politician, owns the Surinamese club Inter Moengotapoe and decided to wear the captain's armband for the cup tie...
Brits piled on 5lbs gorging on greasy food during lockdown. Research shows that the amount of unhealthy food ordered rose by 11 per cent during the pandemic while vegetable consumption dropped by a fifth. The analysis of supermarket and takeaway...
An octopus has developed an obsession with 'James Bond'. The animal, named Gamora, has been given the nickname 'Octopussy' after becoming 007's biggest fan during lockdown, as she would always swim and watch Bond when it was...
AMMAN – The hottest day on record in Jordan since 1960 was a staggering 49.3° Celsius, (120.7° Fahrenheit) in July 2018, one month after I became prime minister. Jordan is not unique: heat waves have been causing record-high...
ABIDJAN/PARIS – As the global economy begins to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, managing inflation risks will be much more challenging in developing countries than in advanced economies. That reflects the nature of the shocks driving...
NEW YORK – Moves are afoot to replace or at least greatly weaken Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director since 2019. This is the same Georgieva whose excellent response to the pandemic quickly provided...
NEW YORK – As public discontent forces a political reckoning in most developed economies, the social contract binding together markets, states, and citizens is being reimagined. Indeed, today’s anger and alienation present an...
EDINBURGH – With low-income countries in Africa and elsewhere still imploring rich countries to stop stockpiling millions of unused COVID-19 vaccines, there are still real doubts as to whether the United States and Europe will honour the...
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 lineup of cartoons as...
