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Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 7:23 AM

In October 2005, Hurricane Wilma unleashed days of torrential rain and widespread flooding across Jamaica, leaving behind scenes of destruction and despair. Communities in St Catherine and Clarendon were among the hardest hit, as roads were washed...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 7:17 AM

For many residents of Big Pond in Old Harbour, St Catherine, Hurricane Wilma’s floodwaters left nothing behind but devastation. Families lost their homes, furniture, and livestock as rising waters submerged entire houses, forcing some to swim...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 7:09 AM

Teen singing sensation Nadine Sutherland, known for her dynamic stage performances, admits that life as a student and performer isn’t always easy. Speaking with FLAIR during a recent outing at the Terra Nova Hotel, the 16-year-old star...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 7:00 AM

Prime Minister the Hon. Michael Manley has urged greater global cooperation under the United Nations, declaring that “at no other time has the world been in more need of the U. N. than now.” Speaking through a message read by Senator...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 6:33 AM

Governor-General, the Most Hon. Florizel Glasspole, made his first public appearance in his official ceremonial uniform — a striking ensemble of green, gold, and black — during Monday’s National Honours and Awards ceremony. The...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:33 AMBANG Bizarre

A Harvard professor has warned that an alien attack could be imminent, claiming a mysterious interstellar object hurtling toward the solar system may be an extraterrestrial spacecraft. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, was first detected on July 1 and...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:29 AMBANG Bizarre

New research reveals that almost half of Brits gain weight after starting a relationship, with one in five piling on between 11lb and 22lb, and more than one in 10 adding over 22lb to their frame. The findings, from a survey by Chemist4U, suggest...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:15 AMBANG Bizarre

Millions of people taking antidepressants may be at increased risk of weight gain, hypertension and heart problems, according to a major new review. Researchers at King’s College London analysed data from 58,500 patients across 30 different...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:11 AMBANG Bizarre

A revolutionary eye implant is helping blind people to see again in what doctors are calling a "life-changing" breakthrough. The PRIMA system, developed by scientists in London, allows patients who have lost their vision due to age-...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 7:51 AMBANG Bizarre

The excitement of bingo and the social buzz it brings may help older people stay active and reduce the risk of frailty – a condition linked to illness, injury and early death. A study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and...

Published:Wednesday | October 22, 2025 | 10:26 AMJuan Manuel Santos for Project Syndicate

BOGOTÁ: On my first day in office as Colombia’s president just over 15 years ago, I met with the leaders of four indigenous peoples in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – the Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo. As we stood...

Published:Wednesday | October 22, 2025 | 10:15 AMOlivia Guest and Iris van Rooij for Project Syndicate

NIJMEGEN: Modern AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills, while also making it nearly impossible for academics and other experts to cultivate and disseminate knowledge. Many scholars, including us, have...

Published:Wednesday | October 22, 2025 | 10:07 AMHilary J. Allen for Project Syndicate

WASHINGTON, DC: OpenAI Co-Founder Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have joined the chorus of people talking about an AI bubble and expressing concern that the US economy will nosedive when it bursts. But...

Published:Wednesday | October 22, 2025 | 9:51 AMDiane Coyle for Project Syndicate

CAMBRIDGE: Is AI transforming the economy in any real sense, or is the promise of rapid growth mere hype? US stock markets certainly favour the former view: shares of AI and tech companies have accounted for about three-quarters of the S&P 500...

Published:Wednesday | October 22, 2025 | 9:24 AMIsaiah Andrews and Maryam Farboodi for Project Syndicate

CAMBRIDGE: Speculation about AI’s implications for society has reached a fever pitch. While OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman speaks of a future of radical abundance, others, including another OpenAI co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, warn of existential...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 10:15 AM

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week's past line-up of cartoons as...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 10:01 AM

As Jamaica’s judiciary embraces artificial intelligence, experts are urging the establishment of proper systems to govern its use in court operations. Following Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ introduction of protocols for AI-generated...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 9:52 AM

A new global poverty report has found that nearly 79,000 Jamaicans – about 2.8 per cent of the population – are living in multidimensional poverty, surviving on less than US$3 a day and facing deprivations in health, education, and...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 9:44 AM

Dr Faith Alexander is urging Jamaica’s teacher-training colleges to include special education modules in all programmes to better equip teachers to support neurodivergent learners. She said too many children with learning differences enter...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 9:32 AM

A St James taxi operator says the deplorable state of the Montpelier main road is eating away at his earnings, forcing him to spend $30,000 to $40,000 each week on vehicle repairs. The driver, identified only as Junior, said constant damage to his...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 9:12 AM

Jamaicans were left reeling after two suspected suicides occurred within a 24-hour period – one at The University of the West Indies, Mona, and the other involving a police officer in St Elizabeth. Twenty-year-old UWI student Victoria Hanley-...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 9:07 AM

Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has remained notably silent on CARICOM’s muted response to unfolding global conflicts and humanitarian crises. Once a leading voice for regional unity and international justice, Patterson has not publicly...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 8:44 AM

Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Zulieka Jess is calling for the Government to expand its proposed expungement reforms by automatically clearing not only non-custodial offences but also convictions carrying sentences of five years or less after a...

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 7:40 AM

Cornwall Regional Hospital has been forced to prioritise trauma and cancer cases as a surge in road accident victims strains its operating schedule, says Dr. Delroy Fray, clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority. With 285...

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