Step back in time to May 1964 with these captivating snapshots capturing the firepower demonstration by the Jamaica Regiment. From the precision of a 3.5-inch rocket launcher to the wielding of a Bren light machine gun.
Señor Antonio Ortiz-Mena, alongside his wife and the board of directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), hosted a lavish reception at the Sheraton-Kingston Hotel on Wednesday night, honouring participants and members of the...
At the age of 36, Bob Marley succumbed to cancer after a valiant battle that began during his last concert tour in the United States. Despite undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Bavaria, Germany, his health deteriorated rapidly, leading to...
Resident Magistrate Errington George Green will serve as Jamaica's inaugural Ombudsman. The post was established to investigate citizen complaints regarding administrative abuses, marking its debut in Jamaica. The announcement, issued by the...
Jacqueline Strong, a 21-year-old student known as "Miss Liberty Car Rental," was crowned the new "Miss City of Montego Bay" in a lavish ceremony at the Holiday Inn, Montego Bay. Not only did Strong win hearts, but also a...
Published:Thursday | May 9, 2024 | 8:42 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists have discovered that feelings of rage can weaken the function of blood vessels and restrict blood flow in a way that can put a person's health in danger. Researchers at Columbia University in New York recruited 280 participants and...
Published:Thursday | May 9, 2024 | 8:37 AMBANG Bizarre
A new study has found that men who modify their vehicles to give them a more throaty roar are likely to possess dark personality traits because of their "callous disregard" for others with the act. Boffins at the University of Western...
Published:Thursday | May 9, 2024 | 8:32 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists have discovered that being a spectator releases feel-good hormones in the brain, even for those who are not die-hard fans. Sports with big crowds such as football and rugby bring the most glee to individuals as they "foster a sense...
Published:Thursday | May 9, 2024 | 8:27 AMBANG Bizarre
New research has revealed that motorists are at risk of breathing in harmful flame retardants that are known or suspected to cause the disease. Scientists say that car manufacturers add the toxic chemicals to seat foam and other materials in order...
Published:Thursday | May 9, 2024 | 8:18 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists have warned that people with a meat-heavy diet that is low in fruit and vegetables have the "least amount of grey matter" according to MRI brain scans. Meat-eaters lose the most cells in the outer layer of the brain as they get...
GENEVA: It is widely believed that climate change is the single biggest threat to human health. A global temperature increase of 2° Celsius – a threshold that will likely be exceeded by the end of the century – could claim as many...
CHICAGO: Last week, the US Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning provisions in employment contracts that forbid employees to work for a competitor after they quit or are fired. Within hours, a Texas firm sued to block the rule, and the...
CAMBRIDGE: When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Beijing in an effort to stabilise relations with China, many of the issues that he discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping were highly contentious. For example, Blinken...
BERLIN/NAIROBI: The world is confronting an unprecedented food crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and worsening climate conditions. But the problem is most acute in Africa, where 61 per cent of the...
NEW YORK : New US-supplied weapons and money are now on their way to Ukraine. Whether to provide additional military aid was a matter of debate for many months in the US Congress. In the end, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson...
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...
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) and human rights groups, including Jamaicans for Justice, are urging the Government to reconsider its proposal for heavy mandatory minimum sentences, particularly for children convicted of murder. The...
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is advocating for the Government to allocate more resources to employ additional guidance counsellors and social workers as a measure to address violence among students. JTA President Leighton Johnson...
The Government has proposed a mechanism for refunding motorists who paid traffic fines illegally imposed over the past 15 years. Following a landmark ruling in January by Jamaica's Constitutional Court ordering the refunds, the director of...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has issued a stern warning to gang members in Westmoreland, urging them to abandon threats against students from the Crowder community in Grange Hill. Chang emphasised that the police are actively pursuing...
The St.James Parish Court is set to issue a request for Shamoya Green, accused of throwing her five-month-old daughter off a three-storey roof in December 2023, to undergo psychiatric treatment at the hospital where she is receiving physical...
Opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson has criticised the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) for what he perceives as a lack of assertiveness in proposing legislation to protect customers from banking fraud. With reports indicating that fraudsters have stolen over $...
Sasha Gaye Forrester, the girlfriend of Donathon Dillon, expresses anger over what she perceives as negligence at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital following Dillon's fatal motorcycle collision with a cow in Westmoreland. Forrester...
Amid State Minister Alando Terrelonge's recent statement to The Independent regarding Jamaica's intention to part ways with King Charles III as head of state in 2025, attorney-at-law Hugh Small, KC, emphasises that such a move won't...
