“One han caan clap.” That was the message from Jamaica’s foreign affairs minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, at the Canadian launch on Tuesday night of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference. Addressing more than a hundred Jamaicans at the Eaton Chelsea hotel in Toronto, the foreign minister noted the theme of the conference: “Partnering for growth.” […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -The Jamaica Ministry of Education will provide $9 million (Jamaican) in grants to some final year students of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) who were barred from sitting final year examinations due to outstanding fees owed to the university. The students had lobbied the Ministry for help. […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the worldwide perception of Jamaica being a tourism Mecca is greatly assisting with the interest being shown in the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) conference. Bartlett, who returned to Jamaica on April 29 following his visit to Africa and Asia where he […]
The Women’s Committee of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) of Toronto is calling for “appropriate services. supports and programs ” to bring relief to persons affected by gender-based violence in Jamaica. In a news release last Thursday, members of the committee said they were ” deeply concerned” by the “extent of violence perpetrated towards women […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Michael Belnavis, Chairman of Jamaica’s National Cruise Council (NCC), says upgrading of the Dunn’s River Falls attraction in Ocho Rios will further boost Jamaica’s growing cruise sector. Belnavis said that Jamaica was already on course to becoming the number-one cruise destination in the region and that the recent Dunn’s River upgrade has […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Senator Pearnel Charles Jr, State Minister for National Security, says the Jamaican Government will be putting measures in place to deal with mentally ill people in lock-ups. “There are plans to allocate budgetary and manpower resources to meet the treatment needs of the mentally ill who are incarcerated. We also hope […]
NEW YORK,— A Jamaican man posing as an airline pilot has been arrested at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport here after he was found to be in possession of five pounds of cocaine on his arrival from Jamaica. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Mario Hudson, who is due to appear before […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Several Jamaican gospel artistes, including Lubert Levy, URIM 7 and NexChange, have made their acting debut in the film 70xSeven. It premieres on Friday, at Moxons Beach Club in Stewart Town, St Mary. Shot in Jamaica, it was produced by Church on the Rock, in association with BarriVision Films. 70xSeven mirrors the […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -The new president of the People’s National Party(PNP) Dr Peter Phillips told supporters on Sunday that the current generation of the organisation will have to fix and eliminate poverty. It is for that reason, Phillips says, he will not apologise for embracing democratic socialism which he insists still has a place in developing 21st-century […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -A St Andrew woman was arrested on Monday at the Supreme Court building in downtown Kingston where she allegedly tried to pass about half a pound of ganja to her son who is in custody, accused of murder. According to police sources, the woman was able to get the contraband past the security […]
