Matthew briefly reached the top hurricane classification, Category 5, and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Matthew’s winds had slipped slightly from a peak of 160 mph (260 kph) to a still-potentially devastating 150 mph (240 kph) and it was expected to near eastern […]
Rita Marley, widow of Reggae icon Bob Marley, is reported to be hospitalized in Miami as the result of a stroke.. Marley, 70, was on a visit to Miami to attend a special event last week when she suffered the stroke and was immediately rushed to the hospital. Born in Cuba in 1946, Alpharita (Rita) […]
Toronto City Councillor Michael Thompson says he is disappointed that no concrete action has yet been taken on his proposal for the establishment of a registry to document the arrival of children entering Canada as immigrants. In an interview on the weekend, the Jamaica-born councillor told The Caribbean Camera that he was still awaiting word […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Jamaica is trying to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar health and wellness tourism sector that several Caribbean countries are turning to in order to boost visitor numbers, but it won’t be traditional medicine it plans to use to reach a high in tourist arrivals. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said Jamaica’s lush […]
By Michael Lashley When the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival 2016 was launched last week, the full-length film featured on the opening night -“Diary of a Badman” – was a lot more than an action-packed thriller in which a badass policewoman goes undercover to nab a notorious drug dealer. The power of this film lies in […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett arrived in Toronto on Monday for discussions this week with industry stakeholders on strategies to boost visitor arrivals from Canada. Accompanying the minister is a three-member delegation from the Jamaica Tourist Board -John Lynch, chairman, Paul Pennicook, director of tourism and Marcia McLaughlin, deputy director of tourism, marketing. Bartlett […]
Jamaican farm workers who lost all their belongings in a fire which gutted their living quarters in Brant Country, Ontario on July 28 last, have high praise for donors who came to their assistance. After the fire,33 workers at Chary Produce, a fruit and vegetable operation in Mt. Pleasant, were left with just the clothes […]
By Gerald V. Paul Jamaica’s Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson , currently on a North American tour, met on Monday with farm workers in Mt. Pleasant, Ontario whose living quarters were gutted in a fire on July 28 last. Thirty-three workers from Jamaica assigned to Chary Produce, a fruit and vegetable operation, […]
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