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Jamaican Chief Justice slams PSOJ’s holiday proposal

The Private Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) recently presented a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Entertainment, Gender, and Sports arguing that there be a merging of two significant holidays, the celebrations of Independence Day and the celebration of  Emancipation Day, allowing this to become a single extended weekend holiday. In this case, amalgamating both holidays into what would be called emancipendence day. In response to the PSOJ proposal, Chief Justice […]

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From annoying seaweed to vehicle fuel: Turning ocean waste into sustainable energy

Regional governments, the tourism and hospitality sector, and the private sector may soon find it fitting to thank the University of the West Indies campus in Barbados and several postgraduate students for showing how the Caribbean can convert the tons of sargassum seaweed that wash up on shores almost every day to commercial uses. The campus recently unveiled what is being billed as one of the planet’s first vehicles to […]

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