Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

Scientists say record-breaking heat is a reminder of how climate crisis is affecting lives The fierce heat sweeping Europe over the bank holiday weekend has beaten the UK’s all-time temperature record for May, with highs of up to 35C still to come on Monday afternoon. A temperature of 33.5C was recorded at London’s Heathrow on Monday lunchtime, according to provisional data from the Met Offfice, beating the previous May record that was set in Camden Square in 1922 and reached again in Tunbridge Wells and Regent’s Park in 1944. Continue reading...

All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities

It seems that in some quarters, the terrible impact of Hurricane Melissa, more than six months ago, has been under-estimated. The suffering of our human population, while well documented, still needs considerable attention. The cost (a heavy toll, indeed) to our natural environment is, it seems, still being tallied. Since Jamaica lost more than half of its forest cover (and we are not talking about a few broken branches; we are talking about trees stripped of every leaf, and larger, ancient trees uprooted) one can assume that most of the living creatures that depended on that forest were destroyed.

Member of Parliament for St Ann South Eastern Dr Kenneth Russell has expressed “deep concerns” about the police fatal shooting of two men in the community of Steerfield, even as he urged angry residen...

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

Learn more about our history of racial injustice

Netanyahu's participation, despite an ICC warrant, will add to concerns over the objectivity of the board.

YouTube video by Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI Mona

People of Jamaican coastal town described as storm’s ground zero are traumatised and desperate for help

The Cayman Islands Blood Bank, operated by the Health Services Authority, has dispatched a critical donation of 51 units of red cells and 72 units of plasma to the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) in Jamaica today. This marks the...