Jamaican PM Holness speaks with Britain’s PM Theresa May
April 22, 2018—This spring, groups throughout the Caribbean will be celebrating the birds that are only found here. 40 events on 14 islands are already on the schedule for this year’s Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF). More than 80,000 Caribbean residents, friends and visitors will join in the activities, led by BirdsCaribbean. Earth day, April […]
Political commentary is controversial. Undoubtedly! But why is this so? Because it discusses power! And in the game of power the stakes are always high. Political commentary is necessary. It is a forum and venue, where issues, ideas, social demographics, the economy, campaigns, voter intentions, and so on and so forth, are discussed. And objectivity […]
Reform Immigration Laws to repeal those used in a racially discriminatory way. Why? The huge publicity of cases of alleged shameful violations of human rights of several Black members of the Caribbean “Windrush” generation who entered the UK prior to 1973 and were told by the Home Office that they would be deported unless they […]
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, did not mince words during last week’s Canada Growth Summit. He intimated that artificial intelligence, big data and high tech machines could lead to mass unemployment, stagnant wages and political instability. “If you substitute platforms for textile mills, machine learning for steam engines, Twitter for the telegraph, […]
Jamaican PM Holness speaks with ITV about deportations
The View from Europe Many months have passed since this column last addressed the issue of Brexit and what it may mean for the Caribbean and its long-standing relationship with the United Kingdom. This is because the shape of Britain’s future relationship with the EU27 and other international trade partners including the Caribbean remains ill-defined, […]
Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez warns of “false, sinister and dangerous” forces ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 18 April, 2018… Antigua and Barbuda’s Tourism Minister, Charles Fernandez, has rejected claims by two convicted money launderers, Kenneth Rijock and Monte Morris Friesner on Internet blogsites, as “false, sinister and dangerous”. Fernandez is the latest target of a […]
Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne meets nationals tomorrow
MP David Lammy puts pressure on Home Secretary in defence of the many displaced Caribbean nationals through a government cock-up under a new immigration law.
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Jamaican Prime Minister Holness to visit London
Dear Jamaicans and Friends of Jamaica,
you are invited to a Townhall Meeting with the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica.
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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to meet Trini’s in London
Dear National,
High Commissioner Orville London wishes to inform that Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago w...
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Food and Folklore in African Guyanese Culture
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Jamaican PM Holness speaks with ITV about deportations
Jamaican PM Holness speaks with ITV about deportations
Sports Star Marlon Samuels Issues Cease And Desist order
Sports Star Marlon Samuels Issues Official Statement Regarding Social Media Controversy “It has been brought to my attention that there are allegations in social media circles, that a female television personality who goes by the moniker Yanique Curvy Diva has made several derogatory posts on social media about me. I am therefore informing the public […]
Jamaica participates in World Squash Championship
A four-member Jamaican team enters the Men’s WSF World Team Squash Championship this week with hopes of breaking out of the initial rounds. Chris Hind, President of the Jamaica Squash Association, said this was the first time Jamaica has qualified for the championship, pointing out that the team is ranked 21 on the global level, […]
Brianna Scurry Elected to Natl. Soccer Hall of Fame
Briana Scurry’s soccer career began in Dayton, Minnesota. The 12-year-old was the only African-American and only girl on the team. Thirty-two years later, Scurry became the only African-American woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame after she was elected recently in her fourth year of eligibility. The starting goaltender for the U.S. women’s national team that […]
USA to play T20s against CPL franchises
Two Caribbean Premier League squads will play warm-up fixtures against the USA men’s team in the build-up to this year’s pair of CPL double-headers in Florida on August 5 and 6. The first fixture will involve USA and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on August 2 while Jamaica Tallawahs will play USA on August 3. […]
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