Commission of Enquiry to examine events into extraditing Dudas

Commission of Enquiry to examine events into extraditing Dudas

Jamaica’s Governor General has appointed a Commission of Enquiry to examine the events that led to attempts to extradite Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in May 2010. Governor General Sir Patrick Allen announced the three-member Commission. They are Chairman, Sir David Simmons, retired Chief Justice of Barbados and former attorney general of Barbados; Justice […]

Black History Spotlight

 The Inventor of Laser Eye Surgery Dr. Patricia Era Bath (born November 4, 1942, Harlem, New York) is an American ophthalmologist, inventor and academic. She has broken ground for women and African Americans in a number of areas. Prior to B…ath, no woman had served on the staff of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, headed […]

Another move to end Police carding : Rights challenge

By Gerald V. Paul “Immigrants have become the black sheep. We are presumed guilty of fraud and everything unless we can prove that we are not,” says Nastran Adibrad, a Toronto psychotherapist. A concerned community view is that Ottawa’s proposed citizenship reform will punish good immigrants by putting up more hurdles in becoming full-fledged members […]

CARICOM concerned over the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” at the failure of Guyana to approve the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT). In a statement, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said the regional grouping was “at the continuing delay in Guyana’s progress towards […]

Guyana misses FATF deadline – International blacklisting looms

Feb 11, 2014 The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) will today conclude its International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) in Paris, France but Guyana has failed to debate or vote for the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill. While many expected the Bill to be returned to the House from the Special Select […]

JAMAICA SPELLING BEE 2014

Pegasus Hotel, KINGSTON, Jamaica , Wednesday, 5th February, 2014: By: Claudette de la Haye, Caribbean Financial Network News, Detroit, Michigan, USA The Gleaner’s Children’s Zone Jamaican Spelling Bee is an institute of 56 years – longer than Independence. Preparation for children in the Spelling Bee Manual is four months which, is hardly enough time for […]