April 2017

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...

Rapper Akon lights up two more African nations

March 06, 2017 in Regional

BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) — Clichéd rappers spend money on “bling” and cars, but Senegalese/American artiste Akon is looking skywards to splash his cash, investing in solar power projects across Africa. The rapper added The Gambia and Cape Verde to his Akon Lighting Africa initiative this weekend,...