Their stories of how they got initiated into prostitution all differ. Their reasons for remaining, however, are strikingly similar. Now they want out of the life of secrecy, ever-present danger, and the sisterhood…
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Jamaica Now Represented On Board Of World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation
Jamaica will have a seat on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board. The board is the highest decision-making body of WADA. Jamaica was elected at the general assembly of the American Sports…
Marriage And The Mind…..Two Major Effects
I love to tell Michelle my thoughts and rightfully so. Michelle is the closest person to me on earth. She is not only my wife, she is my best friend. Over twenty two…
Danger averted!
Bauxite and alumina company Jamalco is insisting that a leak containing hazardous caustic soda from its red mud pond in Hayes, Clarendon, is minor and has been contained. It counters a claim by…
José Aguilar-Manjarrez | Plastic-free oceans – an urgent need to protect environment
Global plastic production has increased exponentially in the last decades, reaching nearly 400 million tons per year. Of this total, only nine per cent has been recycled. The rest ends up in landfills,…
Gordon Robinson | The system is rotten, it requires overhaul
Jamaicans’ vulnerability to entrenched colonial brainwashing, aggravated by 60 years of failure to begin remedial education, affects every strata of society. So, Jamaica Observer reported (May 30) that eminent Counsel K.D. Knight mounted…
Listen to the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending ending June 9th, 2023
Top Stories This Week New Krispy Kreme Franchise In Kingston Draws Huge Crowd At Official Opening Jamaica’s Minister Of Legal And Constitutional Affairs Will Not Support Legalized Abortion Top Caribbean News Guyana Seeks…
Anger and hope
A sense of anger mixed with caution and hope was evident among parents at Braeton Primary and Infant School in Portmore, St Catherine, Friday morning, a day after an eight-year-old student and her…
Appeal court reports improved performance for 2022
After the shock discovery in 2021 that a number of plaintiffs in criminal cases had been released from prison before their appeals were heard on account of outstanding transcripts and records of appeal,…
Let The Kids Play Your Favorite Caribbean Childhood Games At Island Space Caribbean Museum In South Florida
For a fun-filled finale to Caribbean American Heritage Month this June, families across South Florida are invited to enjoy a day of Caribbean cultural activities, storytelling, mischief and laughter as the annual Anancy…