Dear Mr Bassie, I am a Jamaican living in the United Kingdom (UK).I am told by my friends that as a Commonwealth citizen, I do have the right to live there...
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, Good day. My question is: Can I file I-485 for my 16-year-old daughter who has overstayed her visitor's visa which has now expired?
Dear Mrs Ffolkes-Abrahams, My friend here introduced me to her friend who resides in Ontario. She is an immigration consultant and a member of the Canadian Society of Immigration (CSIC).
Jamaicans can expect to see an extension of the monthlong state of public emergency which is scheduled to end tomorrow. Cabinet yesterday approved the extension, but will have to seek Parliament's approval today..
University professor Trevor Munroe is urging parliamentarians to fast-track legislation to cover the registration and financing of political parties. And he is getting the full backing of election watchdog Citizen Action for Free and Fair Elections...
Statutory bodies are to be banned from making any form of donation or contribution to political parties under new regulation expected to be in place by year end. In the past, state agencies have spent millions ...
With the Manatt monkey still fastened to its back, more Jamaicans think the less than three-year-old Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government is more corrupt than its People's National Party (PNP) predecessor. In a twist of ironic proportions...
No. 1 problem for nearly 60% of Jamaicans - poll. It wasn't even close. Despite tough economic times triggered by a global recession, crime and violence remains the most urgent concern for most Jamaicans.
A trained psychologist and Christian leader yesterday dispatched an uncompromising message of caution to the Golding administration that hauling off young men to jail will not begin to solve the nation's crime woes....
A spate of tear-jerking disappointments has beset hundreds of parents of six-year-old students who are poised to enter the primary-school system but have been shut out of high-ranking public...
The security forces pounced on three palatial homes in the upscale Smokey Vale neighbourhood of St Andrew yesterday in their bid to hunt down criminals ensconced in high-priced hideouts. The massive police-military operation...
Asafa Powell proved on Sunday that he is as fast with his hands as he is with his feet.His father, William Powell, smiled broadly yesterday as Asafa, the third-fastest man on Earth, nimbly played the guitar...
A decision is to be made today on whether the state of emergency, initially intended to flush out Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the alleged drug lord and gunrunner who ruled Tivoli Gardens, will be extended...
Jerome 'Romey' Simpson lost his job at a supermarket the day before his partner told him she was pregnant. At 34 years old, Peter Burke longs for his first child but is being very careful about choosing Mrs Right....
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is continuing to deny reports that it awarded multimillion-dollar contracts to a security company in which Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was a partner despite more evidence...
DISCRETIONARY TAX waivers granted to private-sector companies, which amount to billions of dollars annually, are a potential source of corrupt payback to big-spending political party...
IN AN apparent attempt to avoid being fingerprinted, west Kingston strongman, now the nation's most wanted, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke resigned as a director of the firm Bulls Eye Security Services Limited.
ANXIOUS PARENTS and students, some with cheers of joy, some with tears of disappointment, converged at primary schools across the island last Friday to collect the long-awaited results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)...
Over 80 of the 247 GSAT students at the St Ann's Bay Primary School have been selected to attend the Ministry of Education's (MOE) School of Excellence in St Ann.
Support for the island's two major political parties has dwindled down to the bare bones, with mainly hard-core supporters expressing any interest in voting if an election is called now.
SCORES OF persons, including the very young and old, gathered at the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre to access long-needed health care at a health fair yesterday.
There is a general perception, shaped by most Jamaicans' traditional view of a patriarchal family structure, that a man must provide financial support for his...
FOR THE first time in almost three years, Portia Simpson Miller has overtaken Bruce Golding as the person most Jamaicans think would do a better job as prime minister.
