AVON TO END OPERATIONS IN 16 CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES—02/14/15Avon Product Incorporated has decided to end its operations in 16 Caribbean nations. According to a company spokesperson, the firm will not accept orders from Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, and...
LISA MILLS SAYS SHE WILL ATTEND STANFORD—02/14/15Jamaica’s Lisa Mills has always dreamed of attending Stanford Law School in the United States, and at 21, she has shown she has the academic background to make her dream a reality. Her father is...
USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES RISING IN JAMAICA—02/14/15According to the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), there has been an increase in the use of contraceptives among Jamaican women. Eighty-five percent of women reported using a contraceptive method...
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 20, 2015. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For more stories from this week’s Jamaican/Caribbean Weekly News...
RATE DETERMINATION TO BE APPEALED—02/07/15The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) plans to appeal a rate determination made by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in January 2015. JPS will appeal several issues linked to losses in the areas of...
CARIBBEAN TRAVELERS SICKENED BY MOSQUITO VIRUS—02/07/15Many visitors to the Caribbean region return home with a mosquito-borne virus that has recently appeared there. The chikungunya virus causes very severe joint pains, but few physicians in the...
EXTRADITION SOUGHT IN DEATH OF CAR MART MANAGER—02/07/15Paula Llewellyn, the Director of Public Prosecutors (DPP), says that police in Jamaica have asked for the extradition of a second suspect connected to the murder of Robert Mendez, manager of...
PRIME MINISTER LAUDS BOB MARLEY ON HIS BIRTHDAY—02/07/15Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller marked the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth by offering a message that emphasized the reggae star’s legacy to Jamaica and the...
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending February 13, 2015. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For more stories from this week’s Jamaican/Caribbean Weekly News...
HYLTON WELCOMES INVESTMENT BY TOYOTA JAMAICA—01/31/15Anthony Hylton, Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, participated in a ground-breaking at the site of a new branch of Toyota Jamaica Ltd. Hylton welcomed the firm’s...
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