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For all the benefits that diesel powered heavy duty vehicles have provided over the decades, two major drawbacks have remained. Noise pollution from the roar of the engines as the vehicles power up to travel, and air pollution caused by the noxious exhaust fumes they produce. Thanks to the march of technology, a solution now exists which guarantees all the benefits...

For a Small Island Developing State, Jamaica has been making waves on the global scene when it comes to environment conservation and climate action. Prime Minister Andrew Holness is now in the United States attending the United Nations General Assembly and as co-chair of the UN Climate Change Financing Initiative the country has to lead from the front on related matters.

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport provides adolescent mothers aged 17 and under, with the opportunity to continue their education during pregnancy. The Centre prepare the girls for reintegration into the formal school system.

In Jamaica, thunder storms are part of everyday atmospheric conditions. But in recent times, there have been reports of injuries resulting from lightning strikes. Though not often, they have caused deaths, as was the case when a 15 year old St Catherine student got struck while picking fruit during a thunderstorm in September 2019. Lightning is not a light matter and...

The country has passed the 6th and final review under the Precautionary Standby Arrangement (PSBA) with the International Monetary fund (IMF). An IMF staff team led by mission chief Uma Ramakrishnan visited Kingston from September 9–19, to conduct the discussions as the country prepares to exit financial relations with the fund. Consideration by the IMF’s Executive Board of the review is tentatively...

Former Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Kenneth Lee O’Neil Baugh was more than your average man. He meant so much to so many. To some he was their doctor, to others he was a true friend and role model. In matters concerning the country, fellow parliamentarian, Horace Dalley says Ken Baugh was willing to cross any political divide.