Despite the technological and other advances since 1951, the political will to make the well-needed appropriate investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies remains a vitally important missing link in the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa has been blamed for downing a large tree that killed an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti, while five other people were injured in flooding in the central Artibonite...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising persons to undertake the necessary preparations to safeguard the environment and natural resources, including endemic species in their care, in light of the impending storm. These...
A policeman attached to the St Catherine North division has succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicular crash along the Linstead Bypass in the parish on Wednesday night. He has been identified as Corporal Navado English of the Spanish Town...
Dantay Brooks, the son of dancehall superstar Mavado, has been charged with gun-related offences. He was charged yesterday with assault at common law, unlawful wounding, possession of a prohibited weapon and using a prohibited weapon to commit a...
The tropical storm watch which was in effect for Jamaica has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while a hurricane watch is now in effect as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the Caribbean Sea south-southwest of Hispaniola. This...
Jamaica is among eight Caribbean countries to join a Gender Smart Facility led by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and Global Affairs Canada to transform how climate finance reaches women and vulnerable communities. Unlike traditional climate...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) are calling for an improvement in the communication between the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s [NSWMA] Western Parks and Markets Limited and the residents of St...
WITH METHANE emissions responsible for about one third of the world’s warming, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has pointed to the need for greater collaborative, data-informed best efforts to identify its...
THE ADAPTATION Fund Board recently concluded its 45th meeting in Bonn, Germany, clearing more than US$125 million in new adaptation projects that strengthen resilience in the most vulnerable countries. Eighteen new projects and programmes were...
FOR YEARS, the deep rural community of Grantham in Clarendon has grappled with water worries – from broken pipes to ageing infrastructure, and a failing tank, coupled with long droughts that have left many families without safe, reliable water. All...
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), says Jamaica’s manufacturing sector is poised for renewed growth under a comprehensive strategy that seeks to sharpen competitiveness...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two young women, a Sunday school teacher and a former ward of the Melody Girls’ House in St James, became the first recipients of the inaugural Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship Fund, which sees them getting a combined total of $...
The St Thomas police seized 34 assorted rounds of ammunition during an operation in 11 Miles, Bull Bay on Wednesday. Reports are that about 11:35 a.m., lawmen searched an abandoned building, and during the search, twenty 5.56, three .45, and...
Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, has refuted claims that the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development made recent allocations of funding to municipal corporations across Jamaica for drain cleaning. Speaking during a meeting of...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without charge or access to legal...
The police have charged a man for stealing the access card of a worker at an establishment on Windward Road in St Andrew, entering the premises, and setting the property on fire. Charged with arson, simple larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny,...
Lawmen assigned to the Discovery Bay police in St Ann seized 39 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Tuesday. Reports are that about 11:45 p.m., a police team conducted an operation in the Discovery Bay area. A search was conducted, and...
Chairman of the St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Management Committee, Dr Kurt Waul, has raised alarm over the potential impact of slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa, warning that its sluggish pace poses serious risks for flood-prone communities...
Today’s must-see game between St Elizabeth Technical High and Kemps Hill High in the opening of the round of 16 in the ISSA daCosta Cup competition was marred by verbal clashes with game officials and a walk-off by Kemps Hill players, which saw...
