KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded an 11.8 percent decrease in murders during the period January 1 to July 29 this year, as compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
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ROCHESTER New York - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, has told Jamaicans in New York, that as Jamaica celebrates 61 years as an independent nation, we also celebrate 61 years of strong diplomatic relations with the United States.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Supreme Court has agreed to entertain a public hearing of the application to shut down the Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) firm in the interest of investors.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre Wednesday condemned the attack on a Custom Officer, who was shot and injured on Tuesday
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada police Wednesday said it had no information linking the death of a man here as being racist, homophobic and a senseless act of violence as being claimed on social media.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Thursday said he remains confident that the police will solve the mass shootings in the capital on Wednesday night that left five people dead, including a 13-year-old boy.
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Bermuda government has warned Jamaicans and nationals from the Dominican Republic that they must be in a possession of a valid transit visa if they are to enter the British Overseas Territory (BOT).
NEW YORK, New York – President of the Pan Trinbago, Beverly Ramsey Moore has described as a “monumental occasion” the passage of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declaring August 11 as World Steelpan Day.
BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) says it has taken steps to provide further security measures after confirming that its information technology (IT) network had been attacked by “cyber criminals”
Basseterre, St. Kitts - International investors have been clamouring to take advantage of one of the best deals in the investment migration industry this year – St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF) Limited Time Offer (LTO) which allows investors to gain approval for alternative citizenship in the country in as little as 60 days for a reduced fee.
Washington, DC - Plans are in high gear for the staging of Jamaica’s independence celebrations, in a number of states including Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and New York, are set to celebrate Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of independence with a range of activities over several days.
BRUSSELS – The European union says it is providing emergency funding of Euro 10 million (One Euro=US$1.29 cents) in response to the unprecedented increase in humanitarian needs in Haiti.
NEW YORK, New York – A street in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York has been named after renowned Trinidadian “Carnival Queen” Joyce Quamina, a long-standing treasurer of the Brooklyn-based West Indian-American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), that organizers of the annual, massive West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway.
