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Newly appointed Swiss Ambassador to Jamaica, Mr. Silvo Masnata, paid a courtesy call on Governor-General, the Most Hon. Florizel Glasspole, at King’s House yesterday, where he formally presented his credentials. Accompanied by Swiss Consul Mr...

Tucked away in the lush hills of Red Hills and Coopers Hill, Burnside Valley offers a glimpse of Jamaica’s quiet rural charm. Surrounded by thriving banana and coffee farms, the district is dotted with colourful houses, friendly residents,...

A Londoner flew 1,900 miles to Morocco to get a haircut – because it was cheaper than a local trim. Muscab Salad, 22, reckoned it was cheaper to fly abroad than face another £35 cut in the capital and after spotting a £15 flight...

An ancient bacterial defence system dating back billions of years could hold the key to fighting modern viral threats. Scientists from Penn State University led by Professor Thomas Wood uncovered how bacteria use long-dormant viruses embedded in...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that Alzheimer’s interferes with the brain’s circadian rhythms, the internal clock that regulates sleep, wakefulness, and countless biological functions. The...

NEW DELHI: Discussions about climate finance often focus on the most vulnerable countries, such as small island developing states – and for good reason. But the nine major emerging-market economies (EMEs) – Argentina, Brazil, China,...

PARIS: As more businesses begin to experiment with AI and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for workers have intensified. In the United States, the apparent disconnect between soaring stock-market...

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's past line-up of cartoons as...

Financial experts are warning that Jamaica’s electronic payment systems remain highly vulnerable in times of crisis, after widespread power and Internet outages during Hurricane Melissa crippled digital transactions islandwide. “If we...

Principal Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica Evan Thompson has dismissed claims circulating online that Hurricane Melissa was a man-made storm, insisting that such a notion is “impossible” and unsupported by science....

At 76, Ruth Lyn Deer of Cobie Ridge, St Elizabeth, sat beneath a torn roof and whispered prayers as Hurricane Melissa ravaged her small home. The storm ripped away her bathroom roof, opened a sinkhole in her bedroom, and left her community cut off...

When Hurricane Melissa threatened St Elizabeth, melon vendor Rosemarie Bent opened her home to four families who had nowhere else to go. Bent’s compassion, she says, comes from her own childhood struggles of moving from place to place without...