C’bean nationals nabbed, face deportation in immigration sweep

April 06, 2017 in Regional

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it has arrested a number of Caribbean nationals in a three-day immigration sweep. ICE said that the unidentified Caribbean nationals were among 31 foreigners arrested during the operation “targeting at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration...

Corned beef ban lifted

April 05, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_17187" align="alignleft" width="300"] A butcher minces beef at a butcher’s shop, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 20, 2017[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica — The temporary ban on the importation of corned beef from Brazil has been lifted. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda made...

Principal suspended in bullying probe

April 03, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_17421" align="alignright" width="300"] Tristan Khan, whose arm was broken in an incident at his school.[/caption] Investigations into a bully attack at the Mayaro Government Primary School, which left a schoolboy with a broken arm, resulted in the suspension of the principal on Friday. The Ministry of...