Jamaica AIDS Support For Life (JASL) has welcomed proposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Act while calling for a more comprehensive review of the legislation. Policy and advocacy officer at JASL Patrick Lalor…
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$40-m facelift for MoBay in January
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Montego Bay will get a facelift by January, Mayor Councillor Leroy Williams announced last Thursday at a press conference following the monthly sitting of St James Municipal Corporation….
Four more charged in Yahweh case
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Four more people have been charged in connection with the case of 13 members of the St James-based religious group Qahal Yahweh, who were arrested in June this…
Marriage At Christmas….4 Ways To Fight Fair
There is a very BIG picture surrounding every single marriage that we often times miss due to different situations and seasons. A time to be merry and bright often times turn sour from…
POLICE ON EDGE
Simmering anger within the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s officer ranks could lead to a head-on collision with the Government over the State’s failure to move the needle on negotiations for a better increase in…
‘A welcome sign of relief’
Jamaica’s former prime minister and Caribbean elder statesman PJ Patterson has commended last Thursday’s summit between Guyana and Venezuela in Argyle, St Vincent, and described the outcome as “a welcome sign of relief”…
Neville Ying | Advocacy for decent work in Jamaica
Let us begin by understanding what is decent work. It involves jobs in which employees • are productive – produce goods and services that result in customer satisfaction. • are adequately compensated. •…
Rain, gusty winds bring weekend washout to Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA (AP) — It’s beginning to look at lot like … hurricane season — at least across much of South Florida where it’s been windy and rainy for two days and…
Gordon Robinson | Ninjaman’s prison reform
In March 2009, 20-year-old Ricardo Johnson (a.k.a. “Trooper”) was shot and killed on Marl Road, Olympic Gardens. In November 2017, after a trial lasting over a month including testimony from seven witnesses, Dancehall’s…
This Jamaican Man is Transforming The Rally Crossing Landscape in America
Jamaica’s fast-rising motorsports racing king Frazer McConnell stands as a pioneering force in the adrenaline-fueled world of Nitrocross. Born in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, Jamaica, McConnell’s rise to prominence in international rallycross racing…
