Ganja a gift to us

April 06, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_17489" align="alignright" width="300"] Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology, Jamaica, Associate Professor Dr Garfield Young, was named Boss of the Year 2017 by the Jamaica Association of Administrative Professionals yesterday.[/caption] Jamaica’s newly minted Boss of the Year got...

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...