An increase in natural gas rates is on the horizon for Barbadian consumers. Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss put the public on notice yesterday as he revealed that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy have been discussing new rates. It’s a move...
[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...
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...
[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...
On the heels of horrified tourists witnessing the killing of two orcas in Vincentian waters, a cruise ship has taken strong action in protest of the age old tradition. TUI Discovery stopped short of pulling out of the destination, but has cancelled all its whale and...