[caption id="attachment_15294" align="alignleft" width="300"] Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr[/caption] Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange says the Government is moving to clear National Hero Marcus Garvey of all criminal charges that were laid against him in Jamaica. She said a Bill is being finalized that...
It was a cultural extravaganza as the 13th Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIII) officially began yesterday, after being delayed by Tropical Storm Harvey which affected the island last Thursday night into Friday. It started with a parade through the streets of Bridgetown, which featured colour...
[caption id="attachment_19010" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dr Jephthah Ford will be sentenced next Tuesday[/caption] A Jamaican doctor who claimed he had offered a bribe to a policeman to try to entrap him, was yesterday found guilty of corruption charges. Dr Jephthah Ford will know next Wednesday what punishment he...
Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque yesterday called for a new model for development finance saying that the existing gross domestic product (GDP) per capita should not be the principal measurement used in determining the development status of a country. “We will continue to advocate...
[caption id="attachment_15162" align="alignleft" width="300"] A United States Coast Guard cutter on patrol[/caption] The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued 151 Haitian migrants and handed them over to the Royal Baham Defence Force on Friday. “The transfer is a combination of two separate interdiction cases in...