In June 1964, the lush grounds of Vale Royal were transformed into a whimsical woodland for the opening performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged by the Little Theatre Movement.
At a National Consumers’ League meeting, Mrs. Irene Cousins, director of consumer affairs at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, called for greater legislative, regulatory, and educational efforts to safeguard consumer rights. She...
Local Government officers in Jamaica were poised to benefit from scholarships to observe municipal administration in the United States. The opportunity was discussed during a courtesy call in which newly appointed American Ambassador Summer Gerard...
The origin of the name 'Rio Cobre' remains a topic of debate among historians and researchers. While some suggest the Spanish word cobre, meaning 'copper', reflects the river’s often muddy hue, others argue the name may have...
In a historic ceremony at the Cathedral Church in Spanish Town, Governor General Sir Howard Cooke was formally invested with the Knighthood of the Order of St John. The special event, part of the annual St John Week celebrations, featured...
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Professor Sir Stephen Powis, a medical director of NHS England, thinks the jabs will become cheaper in the future, and they will be used to lower people's risks of getting an illness. His belief comes as it was recently revealed that weight-...
Published:Thursday | June 19, 2025 | 7:08 AMBANG Bizarre
Researchers from the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia in Canada say people should sleep the recommended amount of hours that has been recommended in their country. The team's study - which involved 5,000 people,...
Published:Thursday | June 19, 2025 | 7:02 AMBANG Bizarre
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel said they were able to identify individuals based on their breathing patterns with 96.8 per cent accuracy They declared nasal respiratory "fingerprints" can identify people as...
Published:Thursday | June 19, 2025 | 6:59 AMBANG Bizarre
The world's fastest man - who set the 100m 9.58 seconds record, as well as clocked the 200m 19.19 seconds record at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany - feels "honoured" to be part of a prestigious group of...
Published:Thursday | June 19, 2025 | 6:51 AMBANG Bizarre
A brand new study by the University of Chicago and Columbia University tracked healthy young adults' diets and sleep patterns and found eating their five-a-day enjoyed up to 16 per cent better sleep quality - fewer wake-ups and deeper rest....
MILAN: A few years ago, there was an overarching global consensus on trade: the freer, the better. Only nerdy economists spent much time agonizing over the details of trade policy, and special-interest groups were pretty much alone in advocating...
NEW YORK: Over the past century, whenever America’s leading universities came under attack by the federal government, they almost always caved in. Defying this dismal record, Harvard President Alan M. Garber is taking an exceptionally bold...
NEW YORK: In its air strikes across Iran, Israel reportedly killed senior military leaders as well as prominent figures in the country’s nuclear programme. It also appears that Israel further degraded Iranian air defences, struck additional...
WASHINGTON, DC: Earlier this month, after completing his stint as a “special government employee”, Elon Musk wasted no time criticizing US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The...
WASHINGTON, DC: My first job was in a cybercafé. I was in medical school in Nigeria, my home country, but school was not in session, as our professors were striking for higher pay. So, I secured a full-time position providing customer...
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...
As debates intensify over the future of Jamaica’s Integrity Commission, calls to remove the auditor general as an ex-officio member have sparked national concern. With a constitutional mandate to audit government accounts, the auditor general...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described the abduction of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) election worker Lorna ‘Nikki’ Robertson as a deeply troubling act and has announced a $3-million reward for information leading to the arrest of...
In an extraordinary and virtually unprecedented move, the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) has voted overwhelmingly to revoke the ministerial credentials of Pastor Jeffrey Shuttleworth, marking the first time in living memory the denomination has taken...
Concerns are mounting in Clarendon following allegations that the prime suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Derricka Rogers may have left the island before police could act. Councillor Carlton Bailey has criticised the pace of the initial...
Jamaica’s long-awaited government forensic pathology autopsy suite has officially opened, promising to ease a backlog of over 300 cases and reduce autopsy wait times from weeks to mere days. The state-of-the-art facility, located at 149...
In response to a growing literacy crisis, the Government is reinstating reading as a dedicated subject on the primary-school timetable starting September. Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon made the announcement following alarming...
With the 2025 hurricane season now under way, Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby is urging residents to take personal precautions to safeguard life and property. While the KSAMC ramps up clean-up efforts, drain assessments, and stakeholder coordination,...
A growing number of Jamaican students are silently battling undiagnosed learning challenges, with schools like Pembroke Hall High reporting that more than 70 per cent of their Grade 7 students read below grade level. Long wait times for public...
The Queen’s Birthday Parade was marked by impressive military precision, ceremonial grandeur, and patriotic pride. Troops marched in full regalia before an official audience, with pageantry heightened by traditional elements, including the...
