FORMER ENERGY Minister Phillip Paulwell says the Government should explore the feasibility of using solar-powered batteries to operate street lights.Paulwell yesterday listed this among several recommendations to combat what he labelled a crisis...
Western Bureau: Bush fires again razed about 30 acres of land in New Forest, at the border of St Elizabeth and south Manchester, yesterday - the second consecutive day fire burnt sections of the Breadbasket parish. This time, however, the
NEW YORK, United States: The family of a Jamaican woman who died after being left unattended on the floor of the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital Centre (KCHC) in Brooklyn has slapped the public-run hospital and the City...
RUSUTSU, Japan (AP):The world's top powers took aim at climate change and economic instability yesterday, endorsing a goal of halving the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and warning that rising food and oil prices jeopardise the global economy...
Reverend Glen Archer yesterday hailed the support of parents as the key to the success of the three recipients of The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) county scholarships.The scholarships are valued at $30,000 each...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw says the Government is renegotiating the forward-sales alumina agreement between the Jamalco Alumina Company and the the overseas-based Glencore. Shaw told reporters yesterday that the country was in more trouble...
Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie has apologised to Angela Brown-Burke, minority leader in the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), for comments made by Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Rae Town division, Rosalie Hamilton, at...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Grenada's New National Party (NNP) last night conceded defeat after 13 years in government. NNP Campaign Chairman Einstein Louison said on television that based on the preliminary figures, it appears that his party had...
WorldChanging Team: By Kathryn Cooper The "winds of change" were blowing last month among 600 renewable energy leaders from 46 countries at the 7th World Wind...
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