By Gerald V. Paul “We must rescue our young people,” an impassioned Lloyd Wilks, Jamaican consul general to Toronto, told the welcome reception of the country’s new high commissioner to Canada Tuesday evening. Speaking at the Jamaican Canadian Centre where Janice Miller was being introduced, Wilks, a career diplomat with more than 25 years in […]
Gala celebrates Jamaica independence By Jasminee Sahoye As Jamaicans around the world observed the country’s 52nd independence anniversary yesterday, Canadians of Jamaican heritage will celebrate with one of that country’s government ministers at a gala in Toronto on Saturday. Jamaica’s State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Damion Crawford, will deliver the keynote address at […]
Jamaican Artist Connects with Community By Jasminee Sahoye His father had told him he might be unable to adequately provide for a family as an artist. But Paul Blackwood was determined to follow his passion and he proved his father wrong. After 32 years of doing canvas painting in oil and collages, this self-taught artist […]
The training shoes used by the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt at the 2013 World Championship Games in Moscow, will be auctioned in New York City, June 6. The shoes, which were handcrafted by Puma, will start at a bid set at US$18,000 at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Education Foundation auction. With a bounce […]
Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Edmund Bartlett is urging the Government to address concerns by some Jamaicans that a heavy Chinese economic infusion into Jamaica could negatively affect the country’s sovereignty. Bartlett described the prevailing suspicion of the Chinese as an age-old discussion on how international aid and investment influence the sovereignty […]
After months of speculation, the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) confirmed that Goat Islands will be the site of a Chinese seaport. The port, which will form a part of the much-touted logistics hub, will provide 10,000 permanent jobs. The area to be developed will total 600 acres, he said. Goat Islands are cays situated […]
New York – International credit rating agency Fitch has upgraded Jamaica’s credit rating after the country completed its debt exchange last week. The agency lifted Jamaica’s long-term foreign currency issuer default ratings to triple-C, seven notches into junk territory, from restricted default. According to the Wall Street Journal, the upgrade concludes Fitch’s assessment of the […]
MARIJUANA advocates in Jamaica are on a high after Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Phillip Paulwell signalled that the use of marijuana in specific quantities is on the Parliamentary agenda for decriminalisation in the upcoming legislative year. However, in casting aside any notion of an impending legalisation of the weed, Paulwell, […]
Jamaica’s Governor General has appointed a Commission of Enquiry to examine the events that led to attempts to extradite Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in May 2010. Governor General Sir Patrick Allen announced the three-member Commission. They are Chairman, Sir David Simmons, retired Chief Justice of Barbados and former attorney general of Barbados; Justice […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are commemorated the 130th Anniversary of the birth of the party’s founder and “champion of the anti-colonial movement in Jamaica”, the late National Hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante. The JLP noted that it is with a “deep sense of reverence and pride” that it paid tribute […]
