PANAMA CITY, Panama: The CAF-Development Bank of Latin America has unveiled a US$100-billion expansion road map aimed at reshaping Latin America and the Caribbean from a global “pantry” into a geopolitical powerhouse. CAF Executive President Sergio...
“This is my country. I am willing to die, basically, if it comes to that. I have no fear.” That’s the word from Jamaica-born Don Samuels, who resides in Minnesota, United States, where chaos has ensued as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Trevon Clayton and Latoya Hemmings, the two senior municipal corporation employees who were allegedly caught smuggling 20.5lb of cocaine through the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, were given a new court date when...
PANAMA CITY, Panama: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling for an end to the era of isolated markets, urging his regional counterparts to abandon fragmented national agendas in favour of a singular, united hemispheric goal. Holness, who was...
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green yesterday firmly rejected claims that he conspired with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) “to convict” the six police personnel implicated in a 2013 fatal shooting. Green, a key prosecution...
Though separated by different programmes and academic journeys of unequal length, two sisters found themselves united at the finish line. Denecia Salmon, and her sister, Dr Sara Salmon, graduated together from The University of the West Indies (...
The dangers faced by motorcyclists are again being underscored following two recent fatal crashes and a serious collision yesterday that left two persons hospitalised. Deaths and injuries linked to motorcycles continue to draw concern, with the...
Tougher penalties are coming for persons who carry out revenge porn by publishing ‘intimate images’ of someone without their permission. Publishing ‘intimate images’ of persons under the age of 18 will attract more stringent sanctions of up to 20...
Jamaican seasonal farm workers at Wafler Farms in upstate New York are beginning the new crop season with higher wages and expanded labour protections under a new union contract negotiated by United Farm Workers (UFW). The Wayne County apple...
Jamaica and India reaffirmed their friendly relations on Monday as the world’s largest democracy marked its 77th Republic Day with a reception at India House in St Andrew. The event, which was attended by scores of political representatives,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he will be collaborating with Hanover Western Member of Parliament Heatha Miller-Bennett to develop a comprehensive cleaning plan for the Venture Gutter, which runs through the town of Lucea and...
WESTERN BUREAU: In the days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, the country fractured. Roads disappeared, communities were cut off, and families sheltered in damaged buildings, waiting for water, power, or word that help was coming. In...
Cordel Green, executive director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, is calling for civil and criminal sanctions against entities that – whether deliberately or inadvertently – make electronic devices and social media harmful to children....
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Curtis Yeates, the senior medical officer of health at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has issued a public apology to patients and staff for the poor working conditions and overcrowding at the...
Defence attorney Hugh Wildman yesterday branded Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green a “stranger to the truth” and a “consummate liar” during a heated cross-examination in the Home Circuit Court murder trial of six policemen charged in connection...
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says the anti-corruption body has challenges retaining highly skilled staff and attracting new talent due to the level of remuneration they receive when compared with their...
The deployment of Ghanaian health workers and teachers to Jamaica topped the agenda during the first official visit of the Republic of Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto, as he signalled his country’s intention to broaden its...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly three months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in partnership with the Government, commissioned an emergency mobile power-generating unit in Darliston, Westmoreland, on...
Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on October 28 last year, 44-year-old Theresa Diana Wedderburn of Pell River, Hanover, and her husband and five children, were among the scores of impacted families that were left homeless....
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recently rolled out a three-day drone pilot training programme in Montego Bay, St James, to expand surveillance operations and boost its crime-fighting capacity across the island. The programme...
Shock and deep grief have engulfed the Church of God of Prophecy and the wider Airy Castle Road, Stony Hill community following the sudden death of a prayer warrior and long-standing church sister, Valerie Dubidad, who collapsed and died inside the...
School administrators in the immediate environs where a new 5,000-square-foot PriceSmart location is earmarked for opening by the end of this calendar year, are viewing with some concern how the development will impact the area. PriceSmart, the...
As it marks 50 years of partnership in Jamaica today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is citing its work in climate resilience and justice reform as pillars of its local legacy. However, with less than five years to go to the...
