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GENEVA: At the end of October, an intergovernmental working group there will be a meeting to push for an international treaty governing multinational companies’ responsibility for upholding human rights. The working group, created in 2014 by...

STILL LIVING IN HELL Slow road to compensation for George Williams 31 Oct 2021/Corey Robinson  HE HAS been out 17 months now, but 74-yearold George Williams, a schizophrenic who spent more than 50 years in prison without a trial, continues a...

NIGHTMARE Bath children frozen with fear as abduction suspect still on the run 29 Oct 2021/Shanna Monteith   THE ABDUCTION saga that triggered fear and anxiety in the usually tranquil community of Bath, St Thomas, continues to wreak havoc...

SCHOOL RELIEF Thousands of primary students get Nov 8 green light for face-to-face 27 Oct 2021/Edmond Campbell and Christopher Serju    MORE THAN 45,000 students and 2,520 teachers at the primary level have been given the green light to...

  Mission to reopen schools 27 Oct 2021 THE EIGHT organisations, including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which this week published an open letter to the Government, estimated that Jamaica’s students have lost around...

With an 80 per cent voter turnout, JLP secured more than half of the seats in the 1980 election. Voters were encouraged to go out early and vote, and they did just that. Both parties knew their fate even before the official count had ended.

The opening and dedication of Gordon House was a grand affair for both legislators as well as the ordinary Jamaicans that lined the streets on October 26, 1960. It was indeed a milestone in Jamaica's history and marked a new era of governance....

The JLP created history at the polls as they battered the PNP in the general election. Unseating veteran MPs and securing their seats, the party is set to occupy at least 50 of the 60 posts in Parliament. Published Friday, October 31, 1980  ...

Alcor, a firm in the US state of Arizona, market themselves as world leaders in cryonics – the process of freezing a body after death so it can be brought back to life. Corpses and brains are frozen in liquid nitrogen after a person dies,...

A new study has revealed that 40 per cent of males seeking a long-term partner will mention a canine in their profile, as experts say the animals make men appear masculine and dominant, while it signals that if they can look after a pet, they could...

LONDON: Climate change is the ultimate test of whether it is possible for countries both to compete for global dominance and collaborate to save the world. If the United States and China cannot work together on this issue, they cannot work together...

NEW YORK: In a global economy increasingly fuelled by credit, the market for private debt has emerged as a new frontier for yield-hungry investors. The close bilateral relationships that are a feature of this market offer unique opportunities for...