Statement from Prime Minister Andrew Holness – Declaration of Zone of Special Operations in August Town

Statement from Prime Minister Andrew Holness – Declaration of Zone of Special Operations in August Town

Photo: Jamaica PM Andrew Holness (Stabroek News) As Prime Minister acting in accordance with the advice of the National Security Council, and having received the written agreement of the Commissioner of Police and the Chief of Defense Staff, I have declared a Zone of Special Operations under the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special […]

CCJ Rules, Guyana Court of Appeal Decision Thrown Out

CCJ Rules, Guyana Court of Appeal Decision Thrown Out

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Caribbean Court of Justice, having found that it did indeed have jurisdiction to hear the appeal in the Guyana Election case, in a unanimous verdict, threw out the decision of the Guyana Appeal Court that inserted the word “valid” into the consideration of votes for the election of a president.  […]

Rowley Axes Ancil Antoine, Called America “a Sh**hole Country

Rowley Axes Ancil Antoine, Called America “a Sh**hole Country

BY Calvin G. Brown, WiredJA.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: People’s National Movement MP Ancil Antoine has been dropped as the party’s D’Abadie O’Meara candidate in the upcoming August 10 elections, due to insensitive and objectionable statements he made about the United States during a political meeting on Saturday.  In a Facebook post on Sunday, Prime Minister Dr […]

Young Jamaican-American in New York Fighting for School Safety Featured in Vogue and Yahoo

Young Jamaican-American in New York Fighting for School Safety Featured in Vogue and Yahoo

By Denise Lee, Jamaicans.com The fight for safer schools in New York by Jamaican-American, Alliyah Logan, is definitely being noticed. She was featured in the June issue of “Teen Vogue” magazine and in a Yahoo! Life story. “I was featured in this Teen Vogue article, which is long overdue. The article covered Black Youth advocating to remove […]

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

Monday, July 6, 2020 — “The Caribbean should not be invisible for many and disposable for some,” said Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Mia Mottley, at a recent online event hosted by the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS Commission).   In her discourse, Prime Minister Mottley pointed out that: “The Region should not […]

Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued to help children upended by COVID crisis

The iconic Bob Marley song One Love is to be re-released with the blessing of the musician’s family to support children whose lives have been upended by COVID-19, the UN said on Thursday.

Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued to help children upended by COVID crisis

Photo: UNICEF/Nicole Toutounji – Jamaican reggae artist and musician Ziggy Marley pledges his support for ‘Say Yes for Children’ while visiting UN Headquarters, in July 2001. By UN News The fundraising initiative comes as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that an additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes in the next […]