January 2016

2015 was hottest year by far in modern times

January 20, 2016 in International

MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year like never before, making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns about the accelerating pace of climate change. Not only was 2015 the warmest worldwide since 1880, it...

385 lose jobs

January 20, 2016 in Regional

THREE hundred and eighty-five sugar workers from the Pan-Caribbean-run Monymusk and Frome sugar estates will be sent home today after the company advised them yesterday that their positions are to be made redundant. Monymusk in Clarendon will lose 279 mainly field workers, while the 106 workers...

Report: Knicks, not Lakers, are NBA’s most valuable franchise

January 20, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_9474" align="alignright" width="300"] Dolan has owned the Knicks since the 1990s.[/caption] The Big Apple means big money. The Knicks have consistently been one of the NBA's two most valuable franchises, along with their West Coast counterpart, the Lakers. Now, owner James Dolan's team is back...