Puerto Rico votes in favor of statehood

June 12, 2017 in Regional

Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly in favor of statehood on Sunday in a referendum that begins the steps toward sending representatives to Washington, D.C. According to The Wall Street Journal, 97 percent of voters chose statehood, though turnout was only about 23 percent. One-and-a-half percent voted for...

Jamaica to be first total e-governance country in region

June 12, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_18306" align="alignleft" width="300"] Education, Youth and Information Minister Senator Ruel Reid (right) greets executive director of the e-Governance Academy in Estonia, Dr Arvo Ott, while Inter-American Development Bank Representative for Jamaica and Caribbean Country Department General Manager Therese Turner- Jones makes the introduction[/caption] JAMAICA is...