Business executive Gary Barrow will become the next head of Wigton Windfarm Limited in the newly created post of chief executive officer, starting May 6. Barrow, whose last job was with power utility Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, where he...
Violence lurks in nearly all of Latin America’s major cities. Even capitals that have traditionally been considered peaceful are coming to resemble hotspots such as Reynosa, Tijuana, Port-au-Prince, Rio de Janeiro and Cali. In fact, though Latin...
The Guyana government said on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Reunion Gold Corporation aimed at establishing stable fiscal and operating conditions for the Oko West gold project. The key components of the minerals agreement include...
Jamaica’s aviation regulator wants to develop a master plan that addresses expected passenger growth, the dearth of local operators, and the impact of aircraft such as drones, the technology around which is still emergent. The plan, to span 25...
Three full academic scholarships to The University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica for the upcoming academic year have been named in honour of Violet N Edwards, the oldest Jamaican to have graduated from college in 2022 at 96 years old. The...
PORT AU PRINCE, (CMC): A new provisional government was sworn in on Thursday in this French-speaking CARICOM member state, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the capital into chaos. The nine-person “transitional council” was...
The carnival festivities continue as Main Event Entertainment Group, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and Red Stripe Flavours partner with Kingston Creative to host the “last fête of the season”–Carnival Lyme– on Sunday, April...
In the early 2000s, only a handful of entertainers could confidently say they had the music industry wrapped around their fingers. And, standing above them all with mic in hand and a soulful tune on her lips was Alaine Laughton. Alaine first rose...
It is hard to muster much sympathy for a government that responds to serious concerns with half-measures. A week ago Jamaica’s Constitutional Court struck down an amendment to the nation’s highest law rushed through the lower house in a day,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I accompanied my sons to school on April 24, the morning news blared with reports of the escalating violence among students from various corporate schools. However, what shook me to the core was the phrase “love triangle”...
DAKAR (AP): Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took...
ISTANBUL (AP): A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an...
JERUSALEM (AP): A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticising the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights activists said Thursday. Confusion still surrounds the...
ABUJA (AP): More than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria near the capital city of Abuja after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, a prison official said Thursday, as security agencies searched for the fleeing...
NAIROBI (AP): Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double the number of deaths reported two weeks ago as the amount of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people...
In my column last week titled ‘Not popularity that makes a hero’ I highlighted that from observation, the rationale many persons express for wanting various Jamaican legends to be awarded with the Order of National Hero is the wealth of...
Jamaica’s formal recognition this week of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state is a profoundly moral decision that places the island on the right side of history. Notably, Jamaica became the 140th of the 193 members of the United...
THE EDITOR, Madam: How many more children should be injured due to the inadequate amount of security? How many more parents must be at work and continuously worry about their children’s security? In October 2023, I had written a letter to editor...
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is an open letter to Prime Minister Andrew Holness Thank you for the correct and just action taken by our government in recognising the state of Palestine. It is an action which starts to reaffirm our position on self-...