Keep them out! Diaspora group wants non-Jamaican Commonwealth citizens barred from Parliament
The Jamaican diaspora group in Canada wants changes to the Constitution to bar Commonwealth citizens who are not Jamaicans from being eligible to sit in Parliament.At the same time, representatives from the diaspora have argued against giving Jamaicans overseas...
'Farming inna the city' - Jones Town to cultivate cropson empty housing plots
The Jones Town community has plans to turn dusty unoccupied land into oases of food and plants in keeping with the idea of eating what you grow. The Jones Town Baptist Church and the Jamaica Baptist Union Mission Agency launched the initiative 'Farming inna the City'...
Nettleford unconscious in US hospital
Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex Nettleford, has been admitted to hospital in Washington, DC, after collapsing at a hotel in the United States capital Wednesday evening...
Stranded teen to be flown in from Haiti
A teenage Haitian girl of Jamaican parentage, stranded in Haiti for more than two weeks, is to be flown to Jamaica this morning. Fifteen-year-old Paula Sabrina Brown was located by a team from the Jamaica Defence Force...
Haitians arrive in St Mary?
Five Haitians came ashore at Stewart Town in St Mary yesterday. Superintendent in charge of the parish, Dudley Scott, could not initially confirm the story and had said shortly after 3:30 p.m. yesterday a man was picked up in the parish after reports...
Diaspora group backs pilots in Air Jamaica saga
AN UNFLATTERING comment on the Government's handling of the divestment of Air Jamaica to an overseas entity by a powerful diaspora group yesterday paved the way for sharp exchanges between at least two committee members in Gordon House...
Used-car dealers cry for help
Hoping to stave off a potential collapse of the used-car industry, the association, which represents its interests, is beseeching the Government to add a year to the age limit of cars it can import. President of the Used Car Dealers' Association...
GSAT delayed
The education ministry has confirmed reports that this year's sitting of the Grade Six Achieve-ment Test (GSAT) has been delayed for one week. However, the ministry says this will not affect the date for the release of the results....
PM off to China
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will lead a delegation to Beijing, China, from tomorrow - Saturday, February 6, for a series of high-level meetings that will cover energy, bauxite and major investments.The visit has been made possible through an invitation...