Record-breaking temperatures are being felt by warehouse and factory workers with little or no cooling units. The world recorded its hottest day ever on July 3rd — a record then beaten on July…
Rising temperatures raise concerns
THE intensifying heatwave has occasioned renewed urgent calls for companies to establish an occupational safety and health (OSH) policy, according to one lecturer at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona….
Finzi fails in final fight with JRF over Finsac debt
Businessman Winston Finzi, whose assets became entangled in the financial sector meltdown and rescue programme nearly three decades ago, has failed in a long-running bid to reclaim property from the American-owned company that…
New boss, same priority at JPS
Jamaica Public Service Company’s newly installed president faced the power utility’s shareholders for the first time on Friday saying he wants to make progress on curbing the theft of electricity prior to the…
Northeast USA Jamaican Diaspora Schedules Multiple Emancipendence Events
The Jamaican Diaspora in the Northeastern region of the United States has announced multiple events to celebrate Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of independence. These events have been organized under the auspices of the Embassy…
The History of Jamaican Bandana
When many people around the world hear the term bandana, they automatically think of the modern kerchief. The term bandana is somewhat misleading. Bandhani cloth originated in Madras in Eastern India. The city…
UWIDEF and FLOW gift cutting edge technology to UHWI’s ICU
The University of the West Indies Development & Endowment Fund (UWIDEF) and Flow have once again partnered to deliver much-needed state-of-the-art equipment to the University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) Intensive Care…
Jubilee… Jubilee… Is Emancipation Day
Jubilee… Jubilee… Is Emancipation Day …August 1st is the Anniversary of the Emancipation Day in 1838 for the former enslaved African peoples in the Brutish I mean British Empire. A Freudian slip. This…
‘Is at’ a new low
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Isat Buchanan has indicated his decision to step down as chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) Human Rights Commission following his foul-mouthed comments aimed at Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula…
Score one for Paula
UNDER-pressure Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn received a morale boost on Monday when a panel of the Full Court ruled that the 2020 extension of her tenure was legal. Convicted killer…