jamarchGOVERNMENT IN BARBADOS CONTINUES TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION—02/21/15 Lawmakers in Barbados are defending the nation’s immigration policy in spite of a ruling from the Caribbean Court of Justice that awarded considerable financial remedies to a...
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WANTS INCREASED BANANA PRODUCTION—02/23/15 Derrick Kellier, Jamaican Minister of Labor and Social Security, said that the island’s banana industry is poised to increase production. According to Kellier, developments...
Staff WriterFIRST NEXUS CARIBBEAN YOUTH SUMMIT HELD—02/14/15Jamaica was the site of the first Nexus Caribbean Youth Summit. The event features speeches from philanthropists like the CEO and chairman of Sandals Resorts Adam Stewart and the CEO of Geneva Global...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PUERTO RICO TO HOST BIGGEST BASEBALL EVENT IN CARIBBEAN—01/31/15Puerto Rico will host the Caribbean Series, the largest baseball event in the region. The games will be played at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan. This is the first series in...
![British Jamaican, Gwendolyn Osborne, Makes Acting Debut In “Wonder Woman” Movie
The former British Jamaican “Price is Right” model Gwendolyn Osborne, 41, is making her debut as an actress in the Patty Jenkins’ film “Wonder Woman 1984,” which stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. According to an interview with Yahoo Canada, Osborne described her role in the film as portraying an Amazon character that is “really strong” and “extremely athletic.” [Read the full story on Jamaicans.com]
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![Jamaican-American, Kristen Clarke, Appointed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights by President-Elect Joe Biden
One of the newest appointees by President-Elect Joe Biden, is Kristen Clarke, a woman of Jamaican descent and one with extensive experience in law enforcement and civil rights work. Prior to her appointment, was serving as president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee). [Read the full story on Jamaicans.com]
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![Jamaican Antonia Valaire Wins Sarabita Masters Poetry Award
The Jamaican poet Christena Williams, better known by her stage name of Antonia Valaire, of Portmore, St. Catherine, has won a Certificate of Excellence Sarabita Masters Award for 2020. Ah Times Ras Productions presented the Certificate in recognition of the contributions she has made to global dub poetry, community service, and youth empowerment through the arts, roots and culture. [Read the full story on Jamaicans.com]
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