By Sheri-Kae McLeod Jamaica-born physician, Dr. Garfield Clunie, has been appointed as the new president of the National Medical Association (NMA) in the United States. Clunie, a native of St. Ann, is the 123rd president of the NMA, America’s oldest and largest organization of African American physicians, and has dedicated more than 15 years to […]
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By Francesca Gillett & Matt Murphy BBC News Tributes have been paid from around the world to Olivia Newton-John, who has died from cancer aged 73. The British-born Australian singer and actress was best known for playing Sandy in Grease, one of the most successful film musicals ever made. Her Grease co-star John Travolta said […]
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By Santana Salmon CNW- Jamaica’s tourism sector received a significant boost this summer due to its popular annual music festival, Reggae Sumfest, held July 18-23. Dubbed ‘The Return’ because it was the first time the event has been staged in person since the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festival was a resounding success that attracted numerous […]
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One person is dead and his brother is injured after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter collided with a fishing boat off Puerto Rico Monday, officials said. The 154-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser and the Desakata, a 23-foot commercial fishing vessel, crashed at around 2:20 p.m. Monday afternoon, about four nautical miles north of […]
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LOS YUNGAS, Bolivia, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s decision to open an alternate route to its historic ‘Death Road’ – a serpentine dirt path across the towering Andes hills known for its deadly cliffs – has led to a resurgence of wildlife in the area, according to an environmental group. The route was once a […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 8 – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday denied that he has any intention of carrying out a coup if he loses October’s election, adding that he rejects a constitutional measure seen as an effort to protect him from crime accusations. Efforts by Bolsonaro to turn an Independence Day military parade […]
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By Marianna Parraga Aug 8 (Reuters) – An inferno at Cuba’s largest oil storage facility has killed at least one firefighter, injured many more, and threatens to further swell the fuel import bill for the impoverished island nation that relies on foreign oil for everything from transportation to its power grid. Cuban officials may need […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Relatives of 10 miners trapped in a flooded coalmine in Mexico’s Coahuila state are growing increasingly desperate after efforts to free them dragged into another day. The miners were trapped on Wednesday last week when a wall in a tunnel collapsed and water from the adjacent chamber gushed into three […]
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Global warming and changing weather patterns are affecting the water supply for one of the world’s most important waterways, the Panama Canal, as well as access to drinking water for millions of Panamanians, reports journalist Grac Livingstone from Panama City. The Panama Canal is a great feat of 20th-Century engineering. Upon its completion in 1914, […]
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by Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig The Hill The FBI executed a search warrant on former President Trump’s home in Florida on Monday, the ex-president said, lashing out at law enforcement for what he called “political persecution.” “My beautiful home Mar A Lago in Palm Beach, Florida is currently under siege, raided and occupied by […]
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