Individuals often seek higher education in order to improve their earning potential, expand knowledge base or just to have a sense of accomplishment. However, due to the costs of tuition fees, books, stationery, food, transportation and clothes, pursuing tertiary studies can be challenging. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) tabled a budget of $912 billion for the 2022/23 fiscal year. Of...

Earthquakes are the sudden, rapid release of energy stored in rocks. The constant motion of the earth’s surface causes an earthquake. The earth’s rock layer is broken into large pieces. These pieces are in slow but constant motion. They may slide by each other smoothly and almost imperceptibly. From time to time, the pieces may lock together and energy that...

The Organization of American States (OAS) has deployed a team of experts to Kingston, Jamaica, at the request of the country´s government, to provide cyber security incident management support and to help establish the country’s National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), as part of a broader initiative by the OAS Cyber Security Program which includes the creation of a National...

A hurricane is a violent warm-core tropical storm with a minimum wind speed of 119 km or (74 mph) rotating in a counter-clockwise spiral around a region of low pressure called the center of the eye. The weather pattern between June and December is significantly influenced by the Northward shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and cyclonic instability, which leads...