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Passive cooling, which reduces a building’s need for air conditioning by improving its design, materials and surroundings, is considered an effective way to help meet the growing demand for cooling as climate change brings more extreme heat.
15 Oct, 2026 0

Earth Today | A call for more climate-friendly cooling strategies

AS CLIMATE change causes temperatures to soar, there is a growing demand for cooling that can come at a significant environmental cost, particularly when generated from fossil fuels. A recent report…
Participants pause for a photo after a successful day of Reef Emergency Response Training in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
15 Oct, 2026 0

Earth Today | Caribbean coral reefs can be insured

CARIBBEAN REEFS have lost 48 per cent of their hard coral cover since 1980, according to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network; and healthy coral is valued at USD 6.2 billion annually in fisheries…
From left: Dr Sonja Madden, acting vice-principal for academics at Montego Bay Community College (MBCC); Daren Hawthorne, Omar Hawthorne and Lorna Hawthorne of the Lowell F. Hawthorne Foundation; and MBCC Principal Dr Darien Henry, following the signing of
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | MBCC gets US$8,000 boost from Lowell F. Hawthorne Foundation

Charles Ross (third left), president and chief executive officer of Sterling Asset Management, title sponsor of the tournament, presents a cheque for $2 million to Marsha Burrell-Rose (fourth left), development and marketing manager at Food For The Poor Ja
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Sterling Asset, Sir Henry Morgan Angling Association land $2-m catch for Food For The Poor

Representatives display recreational and arts-and-crafts supplies donated to Bellevue Hospital by City of Lauderhill Mayor Denise Grant and Vice Mayor Richard Campbell. From left are Annmarie Madden, director of public relations, Jamaica Ex-Soldiers Associ
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | J’can roots inspire Lauderhill leaders’ support for Bellevue Hospital

Nicole Patrick-Shaw, deputy director of the Institute of Jamaica, and Dr Martha Corbett-Baugh, founder, chief executive officer and academic director of the Caribbean Training Institute for Languages (CTIL), display a Spanish-language keyboard during a rec
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Intcomex donates 30 Spanish-language keyboards to Institute of Jamaica

NOON Brunch Series director Adrian Heron shakes hands with Jamaica Cancer Society Executive Director Roshane Reid-Koomson following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, as fellow NOON director Dane Wilson and JCS Fundraising and Public Relations O
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | NOON Pink backs Cancer Society with $250,000 donation

Marlene Graham-Hall, National Water Commission’s (NWC) senior customer relations manager for Kingston, St Andrew and St Thomas, walks with a student from the NWC Cooperative Credit Union Basic School in St Andrew during an activity at the institution for
15 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | NWC teams plant trees across Jamaica

A JUTC bus carrying third country nationals from the US who arrived on October 13, is seen leaving Norman Manley International Airport escorted by Jamaica Constabulary Force policemen.
14 Oct, 2026 0

TCN CAUTION - Gov’t urged to weigh legal liabilities as 22 deported foreigners arrive under US deal

The arrival of 22 Latin American and European migrants at Norman Manley International Airport under the controversial third county nationals agreement (TCN) has triggered a warning from one political…