- Weekly Round-up: Miss Jamaica World saga… Toll rates to soar… Murder accused shot dead 12:01 am
- At least 23 dead, dozens hurt as train derails in India 4:43 pm
- Garvey museum to be established in St Ann 4:21 pm
- England thrash woeful Windies in 1st Test 3:38 pm
- Venezuela parliament convenes, rejects new assembly's powers 3:11 pm
- US$16k in cash seized at Port of Montego Bay 2:54 pm
Environment
Rein in excitement over Tesla's solar roof
Electric automaker and renewable energy company Tesla Inc launched its solar roof with combined Powerwall battery system last week, and everyone got very excited. It is an innovative technology that will revolutionise the solar industry, especially as more... Read More
Commonwealth to unveil 'revolutionary' approach to climate change
Some of the world's leading environmental experts will meet at a Commonwealth conference this week to see how they can take forward an innovative strategy to reverse the human impact of climate change. They are hoping their new approach will influence the... Read More
Green expo at Castleton Gardens today
THE Public Gardens Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will today be hosting a green expo at the Castleton Botanical Gardens, in St Mary.It will be staged under the World Earth Day theme 'Environmental and... Read More
Koreans visit to discuss
Representatives of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, the Korean Institute of Ocean, Science and Technology, the University of Korea and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) visited Jamaica last week to engage in discussions with members of the... Read More
Setting the rules of the game
What's true for sports is true for tackling climate change: to make things happen, you have to agree on the rules of the game.Climate negotiators gathering in Bonn from May 8-18 will be working to do just that by writing a... Read More
Vertical gardening
Children from the Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) nursery helped plant a vertical garden at the financial group's head office on Earth Day, observed around the world last Saturday. They reused empty plastic beverage bottles as planters, which they tied to a... Read More
Edible 'water bottles'?
(AFP/Relaxnews) — Small transparent spheres filled with natural or flavoured water could provide a solution to the world's plastic waste disposal problem, according to start-up company based London Skipping Rocks Lab.The alternative to... Read More
PHOTO: A tree for Sabina
Three students from the winning school in Scotiabank's Kiddy Cricket Programme 2017, Nazareth Primary, did their bit to honour Mother Earth last Saturday by helping to plant a Bismark Palm just behind the North Stand on the island's cricket foremost ground — Sabina Park. Read More
Jamaica moves 74 places up on Global Energy Index
Jamaica has moved 74 places up on the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index for 2017, going from 166 to 92. Read More
Earth Day 2017 is this Saturday
Earth Day, also called International Mother Earth Day, will be observed in 192 countries around the world this Saturday, with a focus on environmental and climate literacy. Read More
Yes, we can have low cost electricity from JPS
Every Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customer can have electricity at prices even lower than those in the USA. Fact! Read More
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