WESTERN BUREAU: The seven-member Ramphal Commission, led by former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, is expected to assist in charting a migration policy for the Commonwealth and recommend ways of stemming the growing effects...
ENERGY EXPERTS in the United States of America (US) are hitching that country's energy future to natural gas, the base fuel of liquid natural gas (LNG) that is currently at the centre of a raging debate in Jamaica...
A couple of weeks ago, I witnessed an incident in the arrival hall at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados which highlights in a graphic way the lack of buy-in by many CARICOM nationals to the concepts of free movement of persons and hassle-free travel throughout the region.
Academic interest in Rastafari has accelerated and deepened extensively in the half-century since the Rex Nettleford, M.G. Smith and Roy Augier authored 'Report on the Rastafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica', published by then University College of the West Indies.
Involvement in a ground-breaking study of and reporting on Rastafari is one thing; designing and offering courses on Rastafari to students is another.On the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus' website, 'The Culture of Rastafari' is listed at...
WITH JAMAICA yet to fully settle down from the hurricane-like impact of the hunt for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the country again finds itself in the spotlight of the region as it hosts the 31st Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Conference in Montego Bay, St James.
The Government is combing through the Official Secrets Act to see if it can find provisions to silence Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, whose devastating allegations have rocked the administration.
FROM THE furniture scandal in December 1990 to the light-bulb scandal in November 2008, allegations of corruption stalked the People's National Party (PNP) during its record stay in office.
SENIOR OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Labour have launched an investigation into claims that Bert's Auto Parts Limited has forced some of its employees to take polygraph tests or face dismissal.
At least 220 people were confirmed dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo when an overturned oil tanker exploded on Friday.More than 100 persons were also injured in the fire in Sange, near the border with Burundi, and officials fear the death toll...
THE UNEXPECTED exit of the FIFA World Cup five-time world champions, Brazil, left many Jamaicans hurt yesterday.Brazil went down 2-1 to an unhyped Netherlands.
GOVERNMENT SENATORS yesterday lined up behind Attorney General and Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne as they vigorously defended her with words and their votes to defeat a motion by an opposition senator aimed at...
Gerard Johnson, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative in Jamaica, has urged the Government to rethink its role in the provisions of loans to...
Residents of Tivoli Gardens said they were hesitant to trust the police, voicing their concerns about community-police relations as security personnel in the recently ravaged community try to mend their relationship with the residents.
Most Jamaicans have concluded that the minister was defending one man, a single party supporter, while the national interest was being undermined.The Westminster tradition has taught us that when you are found wanting in dispensing your...
Popular dancehall artiste Adijah Palmer, better known as Vybz Kartel, spent last night in police custody after submitting himself to the police yesterday morning.Palmer, along with his attorneys, turned up at the Greater Portmore...
THE PROPOSED Whistle-blower Act appears unlikely to provide cover for journalists to fight against corruption.Members agonised over the issue at Thursday's sitting of the joint select committee examining the proposed law.Opposition Senator K.D.
The search is continuing for 22 children who are 17 years old or younger who were reported missing last month. They were among 96 children reported missing in June.However, the police reported that 74 children and 23 adults returned home after being...
SUSTAINED SOCIAL intervention, public education exercise and direct support from the State and corporate Jamaica in crime-prone areas have been strongly recommended by two leading entertainers as measures to help transform battered west Kingston...
The courtyard of the Braemar Avenue-based RibKage restaurant provided the perfect backdrop for the Rotary Club of St Andrew North's 'changing of the guards' on Monday evening.The installation and investiture ceremony, held in a cocktail setting...
One of the four men charged in connection with the guns and ammunition stolen from the police armoury pleaded guilty to breaching the Corruption Prevention Act and was given a suspended sentence. Garnett Pennington...
Local business leaders have listed unfair trade among key issues they want to see tackled by Caribbean leaders, who start a four-day summit in Montego Bay this weekend.Discretionary oil prices to Trinidadian markets, barriers to intraregional trade...
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, once the highest-ranking crime-fighter in the army and the police force, seems destined to engage in a fierce legal battle waged by a government minister. National Security Minister Dwight Nelson yesterday launched a broadside at Lewin...
Senior Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel has reaffirmed his support for Jamaica and says he is looking forward to playing a roll in the island's development agenda....
