CALL FOR UNITY 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...
‘I would not conspire with INDECOM’ 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...
Massive Caribbean American farewell for Ambassador Curtis Ward Hundreds of mourners defied sub-freezing temperatures, journeying from near and far to pack into Saint Andrew’s Apostolic Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, last Saturday to pay final tribute to Ambassador Curtis ‘Rustie’ Ward,...
US$100b plan to build Latin America, Caribbean into geopolitical power 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...
Salmon sisters cross UWI finish line together 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 (...
‘I am willing to die if it comes to that’ “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)...
Municipal employees in alleged cocaine bust to return to court next week 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...
Two dead, two injured in three separate motorcycle crashes 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...
6.7M MEALS 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...
Union roots bear fruit for Jamaican farm workers in NY 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...