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22 Oct, 2025
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Earth Today | Every drop counts
FOR YEARS, the deep rural community of Grantham in Clarendon has grappled with water worries – from broken pipes to ageing infrastructure, and a failing tank, coupled with long droughts that have left…
22 Oct, 2025
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Earth Today | Adaptation Fund Board clears US$125m-plus in new climate projects for the developing world
THE ADAPTATION Fund Board recently concluded its 45th meeting in Bonn, Germany, clearing more than US$125 million in new adaptation projects that strengthen resilience in the most vulnerable…
22 Oct, 2025
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Earth Today | Eye on methane
WITH METHANE emissions responsible for about one third of the world’s warming, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has pointed to the need for greater collaborative,…
21 Oct, 2025
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POLITICAL STORM
Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday after Speaker of the House Juliet Holness muted the microphone of Opposition Leader Mark Golding during a heated exchange over questions posed to a government…
21 Oct, 2025
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High alert for ‘Melissa’
As Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the central Caribbean, with potential impacts on Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, local disaster coordinators have been placed on high alert to…
21 Oct, 2025
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CMU paid $720,000 to Reid’s driver for student meals, court hears
Four invoices with sums totalling $720,000 were paid out by the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to former Education Minister Ruel Reid’s driver for providing meals for students. Reid, his wife…
21 Oct, 2025
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Buchanan presses on with fight to void St Andrew WC election result
Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman says his client Paul Buchanan’s ultimate goal is to have the September 3 general election result in St Andrew West Central voided and a re-run ordered. Wildman’s comments…
21 Oct, 2025
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Woman killed, daughter injured in suspected domestic attack
What should have been a peaceful post-holiday morning turned to horror in the quiet community of Rose Hill in Content, St Andrew, on Tuesday after a suspected domestic attack left one woman dead and…
21 Oct, 2025
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Injured suspect held after deadly Linstead gun battle
A manhunt launched by the security forces to apprehend two men who escaped during a fierce gun battle in Linstead, St Catherine, Monday night, has resulted in the capture of one of the fugitives…