KINGSTON, Jamaica – The World Bank has named Jamaica one of the most improved economies in which to do business globally in the newly released Doing Business Report 2016 (DBR 2016). The report, which looks at countries’ performance in 11 areas of business regulation, has also ranked Jamaica 64 out of 189 countries in the […]
Andrew Holness WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Andrew Holness says a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government will allow the Jamaican people to vote in a referendum to determine if there should be any amendment to the Buggery Act. “You will also know that when it comes to time to determine whether or not we should […]
Sangster Airport in Montego Bay got high marks. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Every year, SleepingInAirports conducts a survey asking travellers to rate their airport experiences worldwide in several categories to determine the overall ranking. Those that topped the 2015 list of Best Airports in the Caribbean and Central America were considered noteworthy for the overall travel […]
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare honoured in Jamaica for contribution to music. KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned producers, Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar and Robert ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare, dubbed the ‘riddim twins’ for their collaborative efforts inside the studio and on the stage, joined scholar and novelist Orlando Patterson as recipients of the 2015 gold Musgrave Medals. The three […]
Ruben Becerra of Karisma Hotels and Resorts announces project to add 4,000 rooms and 8,000 jobs. KINGSTON, Jamaica – Karisma Hotels and Resorts announced it is investing more than US$900 million in a mega hotel project in St. Ann that will, over a decade, add 4,000 rooms to Jamaica’s tourism sector and provide at least […]
Dr. Fenton Ferguson KINGSTON, Jamaica – International health experts have arrived in Jamaica to help authorities fight a bacterial infection that has killed 18 premature babies at two hospitals in the last four months. In addition, local health officials are stepping up infection control and sanitation in healthcare facilities across the island. That’s according […]
Basil Williams – nicknamed Shotgun. Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in […]
By David Atkinson; “God saw he was getting tired and the cure was not to be, So He put his arms around him and whispered “Come with me.” David Atkinson, from Kellits, Clarendon, Jamaica, devoted to Caribbean culture as a founding member of Club Carib in Oshawa, has died at age 73. His Canadian-born soulmate and best […]
Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in March 1978 at […]
Canadians decisively rejected Stephen Harper and a continuation of the policies of his Conservative government in the election last week. The Conservatives were in office for nine years, during which time Canada was one of the few developed economies not to suffer serious economic slowdown and remained immune to the financial crisis which ravaged […]
