Multi-million-dollar project to get Jamaican produce sold in US cities

April 07, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_10441" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of the United States-based National Association of Christian Educators Dr Amos Jones (standing) and President of the JAS, Norman Grant (sitting).[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 7, 2016 — Jamaica’s farmers are set to benefit from a US$29-million pilot project, which will...

St. Lucia records first Zika cases

April 07, 2016 in Regional

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday April 7, 2016 – St. Lucia has been added to the list of Caribbean countries where Zika has been confirmed. Two people have tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus – a 25-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, both from Castries. Ministry of Health...

Luciano’s son laid to rest

April 06, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_10418" align="alignleft" width="300"] Reggae singer Luciano and his mother, Sophia McClymont, at the funeral of the singer's son — Menelik McClymont — held at Meadowvale Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Red Hills Road, St Andrew, on Sunday[/caption] REGGAE singer Luciano was a picture of grief at...

The Panama Papers Caribbean Link

April 06, 2016 in Regional

Details from the now infamous “Panama Papers” released by leaked documents obtained by the International Consortium of Journalists, continue to be exposed, with the report: the ‘Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption,’ putting three Caribbean nations in the...