Editorial credit: Mikael Eriksson / Shutterstock.com By Leo Gilling While I understand Jamaicans’ love for a good, emotional legacy from our national heroes, Bob Marley is just as good a representative of our people as our heroes, Sam Sharpe, Nanny, George William Gordon, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley, Paul Bogle, and Marcus Garvey. He was not […]
By Peter Polack Recent developments in Jamaica suggest that country is awash in corruption, not to mention crime and human rights abuses. It includes a prime minister who has not had his disputed asset declarations published for three years, six members of parliament and twenty-eight public officials under investigation for illicit enrichment and the recent […]
By WiredJA News Team Kingston, Jamaica. January 27, 2024: The People’s National Party Shadow Minister of Agriculture Dr. Dayton Campbell is alleging that there is some amount of “hanky Panky” taking place with regard to the distribution of government funded fertilizer across several parishes in western Jamaica. In a statement today, Dr. Campbell denounced what […]
Photos courtesy: Press Secretary, PMO Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 6, 2024 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Honorable Dr. Terrance M. Drew, Prime Minister and Parliamentary Representative for Constituency #8, graciously facilitated the donation of several essential items to the Cayon Primary School this morning, amidst a brief but meaningful handing-over ceremony conducted during the […]
By Mary Campbell Divorce is a complex and emotional experience. There is an assumption that Christian marriages stand the test of time, are resilient, and are unlikely to end in divorce. However, recent studies have revealed that the percentage of Christian marriages that end in divorce is astonishingly high. According to data from the Centers for […]
Photo courtesy: Angela Joseph The Off-Broadway production of Mandela welcomes singer/actress Angela Joseph Cromwell to the cast. The production going on its 10th year has won 9 Broadway World Awards as well as 3 AUDELCO Awards. “Mandela The Untold Story” is performing at The American Theater of Actors located at 314 west 54th St from February 10th […]
By Alicia Boyd In December of 2023, the Department of City Planning proposed a new change in the law regarding the development of towers in the community. The proposal called “Green Fast Track,” would allow any developer who wants to build a 25-story building with less than 250 apartments to avoid conducting an environmental review. […]
Editorial credit: spatuletail / Shutterstock.com By Mike Alleyne | February 5, 2024 | The Conversation Listen to Music Scholar, Dr. Mike Alleyne, here: The long-awaited Bob Marley biopic “One Love” will highlight important moments in the musician’s life – his adolescence in Trench Town, his spiritual growth, the attempt on his life. But as a music industry scholar, I […]
By eTurboNews US tourism arrivals to the Bahamas are reaching records, and even the Dallas Cowboys love The Bahamas. Arrivals in Jamaica are at a never seen before record high. Tourism in the Caribbean is booming, and visitors are mostly from the United States – and they are coming back again and again. Is There a […]
Editorial credit: 360b / Shutterstock.com On the afternoon of January 24, 2024, President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People. Noting that Antigua and Barbuda is one of the first countries in the Eastern Caribbean […]