With less than 25,000 Jamaicans now fully vaccinated, health officials are hoping the more than 600 persons who took their jabs at the National Arena in a blitz on March 27 will come out today for their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine....
The establishment of an offshore school of medicine at the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago is among several initiatives The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be implementing as it aggressively pursues funding on the capital market...
In addition to poor urban planning, climate change and population increase, urban planners are blaming the extensive damage caused by floodwaters in recent weeks on a lack of political will. Urban planner Dr Garfield Hunter lamented that there is...
Many of the country’s 350,000 senior citizens are reportedly living in fear as they try to escape the creeping clutches of COVID-19. Jamaica recorded 74 new positive cases on Thursday and two additional deaths, bringing fatalities to 40. Among the...
Despite Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips’ full-throated acceptance of the September 3 general election, People’s National Party (PNP) officials have blamed Prime Minister Andrew Holness for putting the lives of Jamaicans at risk. The island saw...
Like parents preparing their children to tackle the world, representatives of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus have been helping wards of the state prepare for independent living when they leave children’s homes. The group...
