(Jamaica Gleaner) State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alando Terrelonge, who visited the United Kingdom (UK) to participate in National Windrush Day activities, says an apology from King Charles III and the British Government would set the record straight in relation to that country’s role in chattel slavery in Jamaica.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As regional leaders and former leaders came together in Kingston yesterday for the opening ceremony of the Meeting of Haitian Stakeholders, who will use Jamaica as base for discussions on the way forward for the beleaguered CARICOM nation, it was Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis who spoke at length about the hopes and aspirations for the violence-torn republic.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Trillions of dollars in reparations are owed to nations affected by slavery, a recently concluded study on the quantification of reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery (TCS) in the Americas and the Caribbean has found.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican business giant and founder of the LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, died on Saturday night in the United States.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has launched an investigation after two cell phones were seized from convicted dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel a day apart at the Tower Street Correctional Facility in Kingston.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declined his salary increase amid public backlash over the massive pay hikes for politicians that were announced last week.
Jamaica Observer, Former Scare Dem Crew member Boom Dandimite died Sunday morning in a hospital in the US after suffering a relapse during his recovery from a terrible car accident in April that had left him bedridden.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In the wake of backlash over the massive pay hike for parliamentarians, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stated he will soon be announcing a series of accountability measures for members of parliament (MPs) and Cabinet ministers.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson has been named the Caribbean winner of the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
(Jamaica Observer) Thursday’s declaration by Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith that allegations in a pending court matter of improper treatment of a US$99,000 gift towards her 2022 Commonwealth secretary general bid are ” baseless, untrue and defamatory” have been snubbed by attorney Sophia Bryan.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) has arrived at consensus to recommend the abolition of the constitutional monarchy as the form of government and has deliberated on the process by which a president would be selected.
(Jamaica Observer) Less than 24 hours after the St Andrew South police urged the most wanted men in the division to turn themselves in, a massive police/military operation was launched in search of them.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St James police are reporting that they have solved the August 2022 murder of Anthony Junior Williams, otherwise called ‘Sunny T’, using “exceptional investigative skills” and ballistic science.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica and other regions are set to benefit from millions of pounds in “substantial” restorative justice funding over the next decade after the sole shareholder in the United Kingdom, Guardian Group, apologised for the media company’s links to transatlantic slavery.
(Jamaica Gleaner) When Machel Montano from the ‘Royal House of Soca’ sits down for an interview, with every answer, he comes correct, providing more than enough material to assimilate.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court convicted a well-known crime boss yesterday in a landmark trial, marking a win for the Caribbean island’s recently reformed anti-gang laws.
(Jamaica Gleaner) San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) — Paul Pierrilus was deported two years ago from the United States to Haiti where he has been trying to survive in a chaotic and violent country where he wasn’t born and had never lived.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ferdinand ‘Ferdy’ Mahfood, founder of Food For The Poor, died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by his family in prayer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ferdinand ‘Ferdy’ Mahfood, founder of Food For The Poor, died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by his family in prayer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Embattled investment firm, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) can no longer trade in securities listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE.
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