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Consul General To The U.S. Is Set To Leave Office
Jamaica’s diplomatic mission here could have a change in leadership soon as Consul General Genieve Brown-Metzger is set to demit office as early as next month, according to reliable sources. Reached for comment on Friday, Brown-Metzger would neither confirm nor deny the report. “I am not going to discuss that,” was all she was prepared [...]
Audrey Marks Resigns
AMBASSADOR to Washington Audrey Marks yesterday confirmed that she has resigned, a move that will open up one of the most coveted diplomatic postings, giving Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller a free hand to select a replacement. “I have offered my resignation as is the normal protocol in these circumstances,” Marks told the Observer via [...]
Jamaican Novel Selected For Presentation At Int’l Conference
AWARD-winning novel, ‘Lover’s Leap: Based on the Jamaican Legend’, by Jamaican-born Canadian author, Horane Smith, will be one of the papers on cultural and social issues that will be presented at the 10th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, which will be held in Montreal, Canada in June this year. Associate Professor of [...]
Death Penalty Hung Up In T&T Parliment
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s reintroduction of the topic of the death penalty last week as one of the People’s Partnership government’s tools in fighting crime has once again stirred up debate on this issue. Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley responded that the PNM’s stance was well articulated during the debate on the Constitution Amendment Capital [...]
WIADCA President Resign While 17 Board Members Depart. Will There Be A 2012 West Indian Parade?
As the West Indian American Day Carnival Association tries to calm the turmoil caused by the departure of most of its directors, a determined effort is underway to keep the largest cultural festival alive and well. Just as important is the call to keep the annual Labor Day parade that attracts more than two million [...]
Fast Ferry Service Begins Operating Between Florida And The Bahamas
The Baleària Group has launched its new high speed ferry service between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Bahama, under the Bahamas Express brand. The fast ferry Pinar del Río will operate the new service between Florida and The Bahamas, which completes the 76-mile crossing in two and a half hours. Baleària Bahamas Express operates on a [...]
Denroy Morgan Is Indicted By Federal Prosecutors
FEDERAL prosecutors in Manhattan, New York yesterday filed an indictment against Reggae singer Denroy Morgan, according to a report in the New York Post. Morgan is accused of conspiring to sell more than 350 pounds of ganja after he was held leaving a house in the Bronx with 25 pounds of ganja. The case was [...]
Jamaica To Get Largest Caribbean Solar Farm
The Toronto, Canada-based Solamon Energy Corp says it plans to build the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean. The solar company said the programme, to be built in Jamaica, will cost in the region of CDN$450 million (US$444.2 million). When completed, the farm will “enhance and improve the nation’s energy infrastructure, as well as [...]
The UK Invest Millions In The Caribbean
The Caribbean is to receive £75 million or US$116.5 million in development projects from the United Kingdom over four years to help with job-creation, improve security, and combat the threat posed by natural disasters and climate change. UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague said the funds represent a considerable increase [...]
T&T Ex-PM Hospitalized
HAZEL Manning asked that the nation pray for the recovery of her husband, former prime minister Patrick Manning, who was in the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital last night, enfeebled by a stroke. “That is all we can do (for him) right now, ” said Hazel, as she left the hospital [...]
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