The Government is being urged to provide clear directions on the way forward for the education sector following ambiguous announcements over the past week. - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced a new round of measures, including a mandatory work-from-home policy for public servants, but no extension of the nightly curfew, as the country continues to grapple with a seeming spike in the number… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
Today is the 60th day of 2021. There are 305 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2002: US space shuttle Columbia carries out a mission to repair and refurbish the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, so that the observatory would have enough pow… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
Yesterday, the Jamaica Observer published unsubstantiated allegations concerning West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL) and its director, Gerald Charles Chambers. We are satisfied that there's no merit to the allegations and that we failed in our obli… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
PRESIDENT of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding yesterday expressed sadness at the passing of businessman Peter Thomas.The founder and managing director of National Property and General Insurance Company of Jamaica was also a f… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
A new market has been built in Port Maria, St Mary, at a cost of $56 million to accommodate all vendors, including those who were selling illegally on the streets of the town.However, vendors have complained that the location is not good for business… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Court of Appeal in Barbados last Thursday ordered that a Jamaican man, Dean George Scott, who breached the island's COVID-19 quarantine regulations be released from prison This decision was handed down by Chief Just… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced that, effective Monday, March 8, no funeral services or burials will be allowed to take place in the country until the measures are reviewed on March 22.The measure is part of efforts to slow spread o… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
THE Ministry of Health & Wellness says that, after spending a considerable amount of time reviewing the available data, there is not enough information to recommend for or against the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin for use in COVID-19 treatment. - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
CONTRACTORS repairing the collapsed section of the Gordon Town main road in St Andrew have determined, after removing the rubble from the site, that the infrastructural damage is more extensive than was previously thought. The revelation was made by… - 1 Jan 70, 12:00am -
Officials said 14 people died at the scene and several patients were transported with injuries, including four who were airlifted - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:56pm -
Critical thinking engages your brain to comprehend, assess, analyze and process information in a way that improves your decision-making - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:50pm -
City officials were to hire “social media influencers” to post info during the upcoming trial of a former cop accused in George Floyd's death - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:09pm -
FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers intel was properly shared with other law enforcement agencies even though it was raw and unverified - 8 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 5:56pm -
When social service professionals are properly integrated into departments, they can provide community members with the much-needed services they're seeking - 8 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 5:07pm -
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz TheoharisThe Byrd rule is not in the Constitution. It’s not what you swore to uphold.The post VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This appeared first on The Nation. - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:09pm -
Kaysie Ellingson, Sophie Novack, The Texas ObserverThe provider reopened a clinic in deep-red Lubbock—a rebuke to the dismantling of the state’s reproductive health care safety net over the past decade.The post Planned Parenthood Returns to Ru… - 9 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 4:18pm -
Katrina vanden HeuvelThe argument that the strikes in Syria are a “defensive” measure mocks the reality of our presence there.The post Biden Ran on Ending Forever Wars. He’s Already Undermining That Promise. appeared first on The Nation. - 9 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 4:07pm -
Andrea ArroyoThe pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color.The post The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus appeared first on The Nation. - 12 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 1:30pm -
Archie BrownFuture generations of Russians will surely recognize the magnitude of his achievements and honor the man who broke with an authoritarian and totalitarian past.The post Happy 90th Birthday, Mr. Gorbachev appeared first on The Nation. - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:45am -
John NicholsBiden and the Democrats need to deliver on the wage hike they promised—by any means necessary. Anything less is a moral and political failure.The post $15 an Hour Is the Compromise appeared first on The Nation. - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:45am -
Najwa JamalThe ongoing struggle to diminish the student vote in New York’s 19th Congressional District, a purple patch of the Hudson Valley, has echoes nationwide.The post Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters appeared first on The Nation. - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:30am -
Stephen KearseHis recent album Whole Lotta Red boasts not just rockstar appeal but a sense of self-discovery and experimentation.The post Playboi Carti, Rap Iconoclast appeared first on The Nation. - 16 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:00am -
Ryah Aqel, Mohammed El-KurdWhile Congress refuses to pass a living wage, it continues to supply Israel with copious amounts of military aid, which the country then uses to harm my family.The post The Israeli Military Shot My Cousin—and the US Be… - 16 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:00am -
The network didn't have to make an exception during COVID. Its prohibition on Cuomo interviewing his brother was never consistently enforced. - 5 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 8:08pm -
Republicans have expressed concern that the methods law enforcement has used to track down rioters could infringe upon personal liberty. - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 8:01pm -
New York’s shrewd attorney general is frustrating the embattled governor’s efforts to once again steer a misconduct probe. - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:33pm -
Marches and mobs in Washington, D.C., have been much on the minds of Americans of late. So, too, for James Weldon Johnson in 1930, when the longtime secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People crafted the poem “St. P… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
The morning after the 2016 election, in a tidy, scenic park along the Hudson River, I met up with Sarah Marchando, a plaintiff in a class action suit against the city of New York alleging constitutional rights violations in the enforcement of anti-pr… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
In 2013, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero moved back to Puerto Rico. He had lived and worked in New York since 1985. His wife had already moved back to the island for medical reasons; now he would join her there to help take care of her. By then, he had devel… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
Last September, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who relishes undermining subordinate local politicians and interjecting himself into the management of his state’s largest city, complained about how dirty New York City was getting. Residential garba… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
My morning newspapers were so transfixed by Sunday night’s vindictive speech by the president who lost reelection in November that they neglected to take note of Sunday night’s historic remarks by the president who’s running the country right n… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 10:31pm -
Ten years ago, Donald Trump gave a speech at CPAC that electrified his fans and teased a future run for the presidency. On Sunday, he did it again. An extraordinary decade in American politics and American life perfectly bookended. Somehow, despite a… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 9:43pm -
Eight months ago, Andrew Cuomo unveiled a poster celebrating New York state’s triumph over Covid-19. Embossed on a mountain, symbolizing the state’s journey over the preceding four months, were a host of images and metaphors: a fire for the first… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 8:51pm -
In a video filmed for his millions of Twitter followers, the celebrity preacher T.D. Jakes, posing in a double-breasted suit with a conspicuous gold watch on his wrist, asks his audience, “Do you realize 78 percent of Americans in this country live… - 2 days ago 1 Mar 21, 11:00am -
Last year, on August 14, two teenagers riding their ATVs through the woods in Huntersville, North Carolina, noticed a strange liquid bubbling from the earth. They stopped to take a look. The pair, who soon informed their local fire department, had no… - 2 days ago 1 Mar 21, 11:00am -
First, we talk about Tiger Woods, who was injured in what looked like a horrible car crash last week. We agree that it’s far too early to speculate about whether he’ll ever return to the PGA Tour. There are certainly examples in sports and in gol… - 2 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:31pm -
If you’re a big fan of karaoke and have been missing it truly, madly, deeply, during the pandemic, FiveThirtyEight wants to speak with you for an upcoming project. We won’t stop believin’ that we will soon be able to karaoke in person again. Bu… - 5 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 8:57pm -
Lacrosse has been a diffuse sport in the United States, steadily growing in popularity but with talent spread across several leagues. A December merger, though, has turned the entire sport on its head. The Premier Lacrosse League, which was establish… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
Republicans in the U.S. House last week unanimously opposed President Biden’s economic stimulus bill, even though polls show that the legislation is popular with the public. The U.S. Senate will consider the bill soon — and it looks like the over… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
The final instigator, Bob Huggins once said, was all the losing. He began his tenure at West Virginia with five straight NCAA Tournament appearances, from 2008 to 2012, and one Final Four. Then the old Big East broke up, and the Mountaineers shipped… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
Pollsters are perplexed. Many believed that the polling errors we saw in 2016 had been adequately addressed in time for the 2020 presidential election. But once again, the polls underestimated support for Donald Trump (and support for Republicans acr… - 15 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:00am -
In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks to the past weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference for indications of where the Republican party is headed. They also discuss divisions among Democratic lawmakers o… - 1 day ago 2 Mar 21, 1:30am -
The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that Democrats could not raise the federal minimum wage using the reconciliation process, effectively meaning Democrats will need 60 Senate votes to enact that policy. That represents the first of many exp… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 10:22pm -
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump skipped out on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, but this y… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 6:22pm -
In the early 1980s, the Houston men’s basketball program was the best show running. Led by two future Naismith Hall of Famers in Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, the team nicknamed “Phi Slama Jama” pioneered above-the-rim offense, bringing a… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 6:02pm -
My 12 takeaways from former President Trump’s CPAC address.The post He’s Not “Back” … He Never Left. appeared first on Human Events. - 32 mins ago 3 Mar 21, 1:03am -
Over the last year, face masks have become a routine part of our daily life. Indeed, in most major cities across the country, they’re even required while walking from point A to point B. But, Texas is ready for life to go back to normal. The Lo… - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:24pm -
Six Dr. Seuss books are being canceled over alleged “racial undertones” and insensitive imagery, according to a leftist educational group in Virginia called Learning for Justice. The national educators’ organization is advising schools that t… - 5 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 8:35pm -
To Tell the Truth is Human Events News’ press analysis series. These stories will focus on “news” being reported by either The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC News, NBC News, or CBS News. Despite 24-hour cable broadcasts, and an untol… - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:43pm -
Seth Jahn, a Paralympian soccer player, 11-year military veteran and dissident, was kicked off of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Athlete Council for speaking out against the organization repealing their policy against kneeling during the national ant… - 11 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 2:57pm -
A world where the government gets to decide what gender and sexuality mean for the rest of us—what could possibly go wrong?The post The Equality Act Is Really the Inequality Act. appeared first on Human Events. - 21 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 4:30am -
Amid a surge in illegal immigrants at the southern border, and in line with the new “America Last” motto, the Biden administration is preparing to open another tent facility to house them. “CBP is currently constructing a soft-sided facility… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 10:52pm -
Donald Trump made a highly anticipated appearance at CPAC on Sunday, marking his first major speech since leaving office. “I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together, we went through a journey like nobody el… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 6:51pm -
Human Events contributor Charlie Kirk took the stage at CPAC 2021 in Orlando, Florida to discuss freedom of speech and the overwhelming power of Big Tech. Kirk began his speech by posing a question: “Which is more powerful, Google or our federal… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:44pm -
Boston Public Schools announced they will suspend advanced classes for one shocking reason: too many students in them are white or Asian. Essentially, for the next year, fourth, fifth and sixth graders will be punished for their intellectual capabi… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 2:38pm -
The Triple-A season was originally scheduled to begin April 6, but MLB plans to push it back to allow alternate sites to start the year. - 2 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 11:59pm -
Amid dueling scandals engulfing the Cuomo administration, legislative leaders announced Tuesday they will pass legislation in the coming days to repeal Cuomo's temporary emergency COVID powers - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:34pm -
Kinney announced Tuesday it will work with the non-profit Association on Aging in New York to provide a 10-week, 21-county pilot program to set up vaccination clinics for seniors aged 65 and older. - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:26pm -
Since Seresto pet collars were introduced, the EPA has received more than 75,000 reports related to the collars, including 907 involving human harm. - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:25pm -
Dimitri and Joenathan Cash and Kimara Pluviose were arraigned in state Supreme Court Monday and are being held in the Monroe County Jail without bail. - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:49pm -
This month has a long history as being a weather wildcard. Look back at some of the worst snow, ice and wind storms we've had in the month of March. - 16 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:54am -
The new restaurant will be located in the recently revamped space where Gleason's Food & Drinks operated for the last year. - 16 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:36am -