Jamaica’s National Land Agency (NLA) launched its new online anti-property fraud service, Property Watch, at the recent Jamaica National Group Expo held at the Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The event brought together companies in the JN (Jamaica National ) Group, government agencies and real estate developers and construction companies to provide a one-stop […]
A new study has found that participants in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Programme (SAWP), including those from the Caribbean, can earn up to five times more than they could in their own countries. According to the “Report on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Programme,” conducted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the […]
NEW YORK – When Nevisian Floyel Stapleton appeared in a Manhattan Criminal Court in New York for a routine hearing in his misdemeanour assault case, he was stunned to be met by US federal immigration agents as he left the courtroom. “I didn’t know they were there. They were in plain clothes. They had no […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Michael Belnavis, Chairman of Jamaica’s National Cruise Council (NCC), says upgrading of the Dunn’s River Falls attraction in Ocho Rios will further boost Jamaica’s growing cruise sector. Belnavis said that Jamaica was already on course to becoming the number-one cruise destination in the region and that the recent Dunn’s River upgrade has […]
Convention refugees are persons who are outside their home country or the country where they normally live, and who are unwilling to return to that country because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, public opinion or membership in a particular social group. A social group can be: A group someone is […]
Trinidad-born writer, broadcaster, and civil rights campaigner Darcus Howe died in England on Saturday. He was 74. Howe who lived in Brixton, south London, for more than 30 years, started his journalism career with the magazine Race Today, where he was editor for 11 years. He wrote for a wide range of newspapers and had […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Trinidad and Tobago government says the oil giant British Petroleum ( BP) will invest five billion US dollars in the country over the next five years. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that the assurance was given during talks in the United States between a […]
WASHINGTON – The United States has named Shane Dominic Crawford, a Trinidad and Tobago national, among a group of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs)”. The Department of State, in a statement posted on its website, noted that Crawford and other foreigners identified as El Shafee Elsheikh, Anjem Choudary, Sami Bouras and Mark John Taylor are […]
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Several Haitian nationals have lost hundreds of dollars after they were scammed into believing that they would be receiving United States visas for a training programme or scholarships, the National Police of Haiti (PNH) said on Friday. It said in collaboration with the US Embassy, they have been able to […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Senator Pearnel Charles Jr, State Minister for National Security, says the Jamaican Government will be putting measures in place to deal with mentally ill people in lock-ups. “There are plans to allocate budgetary and manpower resources to meet the treatment needs of the mentally ill who are incarcerated. We also hope […]
