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JAMAICA | No change to Role of Diaspora …
WASHINGTON DC, November 13, 2019 - There will be no change in the role that elected members of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) will play versus the current role...
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Prime Minister Holness Concludes Success…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 12, 2019 - - Prime Minister Andrew Holness last weekend concluded his official visit to China which started with a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jingping and...
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US court rules against unwarranted searc…
BOSTON, United States (AP) — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless US government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other US...
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Trump Threatens Venezuela And Nicaragua …
United States President Donald Trump has issued threats Monday against the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua after Sunday’s coup against President Evo Morales in Bolivia.
13-11-2019 Hits:18 Latin America
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Bolivia in Crosshairs of US Counter-revo…
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales Ayma has just resigned. Hours earlier, surrounded by leaders of the grassroots mass organizations that serve as a sort of “people’s cabinet,” he had called for...
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Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asyl…
Mexico has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching towards the nation's legislative assembly.
11-11-2019 Hits:23 Latin America
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BARBADOS | Fashion Accelerator Workshop …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 11, 2019. Regional fashion designers who participated in the Caribbean Fashion Accelerator pt.2 programme had nothing but praise for the intense training they received.
11-11-2019 Hits:18 Business & Economy
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BRAZIL | Lula Stands As Opposition To Bo…
Former Brazilian President and leader of the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is preparing to lead the opposition to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government, while the right...
11-11-2019 Hits:12 Latin America
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BARBADOS | Barbados’ Economy Is Back On…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 11, 2019 -Barbados’ economy is on track. This is the word from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
11-11-2019 Hits:22 Business & Economy
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JAMAICA | MOH warns of a more severe str…
MADRID, Spain, November 9, 2019 - Director of the National Vector Control Programme, Sherine Huntley-Jones, is warning Jamaicans that persons who have already contracted dengue fever, are more susceptible to...
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BOLIVIA | Evo Morales Slams Coup Plotter…
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales condemned Monday right-wing opposition leaders Carlos Mesa and Lusi Camacho for failing to stop the violence in the country and warning that they intend to blame him for such violence instead of...
11-11-2019 Hits:12 Latin America
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CARICOM | Region to tackle roaming rates
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 11, 2019 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have agreed to collectively approach the Region’s telecommunications providers to eliminate roaming...
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JAMAICA | Parties mourns the passing of …
Kingston, Jamaica, November 11, 2019: The island is mourning the passing of two former parliamentarians: Douglas Vaz, a former JLP cabinet minister and the PNP's Wendell "Bull Bull" Stewart who...
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CUBA | UN Members overwhelmingly support…
For the 28th consecutive year, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against...
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines places ba…
Friday, November 8, 2019 — As of December 1, 2019 a total ban will be placed on parrot fish harvesting and any attempt to pursue shark fin fishing will...
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JAMAICA | Do not ignore North East US Di…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 10, 2019: People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ms. Lisa Hanna, says despite pleas from the North East Diaspora for a...
10-11-2019 Hits:30 Diaspora
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JAMAICA | Opposition wants divestment of FCJ Small Business Co…
KINGSTON, November 6, 2019 - People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Industry, Competitiveness & Global Logistic…
JAMAICA | Opportunity for Students to Study in Canada
KINGSTON, November 2, 2019 - Representatives from 31 universities and colleges in Canada will be in Jamaica from Monday, Nove…
Prime Minister Holness Makes his First Official Working Visit …
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 2, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness departed the island on Friday for an eight…
JAMAICA | No Secret agreements with Israeli entities says Chan…
KINGSTON, October 30, 2019 - National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang has denied an assertion by Opposition spokesman on n…
AFRICA | How colonial rule predisposed Africa to fragile autho…
The impact of colonial rule on sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the subject of intense debate and controversy. Barely a yea…
UNITED STATES | ‘We Lied, Cheated and Stole’: Pompeo Comes Cle…
United States Secretary of State and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director (2017 - 2018), Mike Pompeo, admitted t…
Journalists must not allow themselves to be used by unscrupulo…
Here are three questions that anyone interested in the health of UK democracy should be asking. Should reputable political jo…
JAMAICA| US revokes the visas of MPs Daryl Vaz and Phillip Pau…
Havana, Cuba, November 1, 2019: The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Mining and Energy, Phillip Paulw…
BARBADOS | Barbados’ Economy Is Back On Track
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 11, 2019 -Barbados’ economy is on track. This is the word from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley…
CARICOM | Region to tackle roaming rates
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 11, 2019 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for Information and…
JAMAICA | On the Path to Higher Economic Growth - IMF
NEW YORK, November 9, 2019 - The International Monetary Fund says Jamaica has successfully concluded its economic refor…
JAMAICA | The Jamaican flag flies atop the New York Stock Exch…
WASHINGTON DC, November 7, 2019 - The New York Stock Exchange yesterday flew the Jamaican flag on its building in New York bu…
JAMAICA reports an increase in visitor arrivals from Russia
MONTEGO BAY, September 14, 2019 - The Ministry of Tourism is reporting an increase in arrivals from Russia. Senior Advi…
JAMAICA | Tourism Industry Continues to Record Growth
KINGSTON, September 10, 2019 - Jamaica's tourism industry continues to record unprecedented growth, with a 9.1 per cent…
GUYANA | JetBlue flying to Guyana from next April
GEORGETOWN, Guyana September 10, 2019 - JetBlue on Tuesday announced it is again expanding its large Latin America and …
JAMAICA | ‘Symphony of The Seas’ to Make Port Calls to Jamaica…
MONTEGO BAY, August 19, 2019 - There is heightening stakeholder anticipation over the impending arrival of the world’s …
JAMAICA | Medical Cannabis can provide a big boost for tourism…
NEGRIL, Westmoreland, October 27, 2019 - Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,…
JAMAICA | Use Bernard Lodge lands for productive agriculture s…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 25, 2019: The People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,V…
JAMAICA | Agriculture Minister Expects Increase In Cocoa Yield
KINGSTON, October 16, 2019 - Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, has responded t…
JAMAICA | Cocoa farmers seeking production assistance from Gov…
St Mary South East, Jamaica, October 7, 2019: People’s National Party’s (PNP) caretaker for St Mary South East, Dr. Shane Ale…
BARBADOS | PM Mottley To Host CSME Town Hall Meeting Monday
“What is in it for me?” Barbadians and other persons in the region will get the opportunity to have this question answered, a…
CARICOM, Mexico strengthen diplomatic relations
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, November 2, 2019 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Mexican States on Wednesday reaffirme…
CARICOM Secretariat exploring ways to end Gender-based Violenc…
BELIZE, October 25, 2019 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, with the support of the European Union (EU), is wor…
GUYANA | Persaud wants to revisit the CARICOM Single Market
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 23, 2019 - A former minister in Bharrat Jagdeo's PPP government, Robert Persaud, on Tuesday…
HAITI | Massive protests accentuate crisis in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 2 (Prensa Latina) Worsening of the country's crisis, continued massive protests and government attempts …
HAITI | Opposition political battle to oust Moise starts Sunda…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, November 2, 2019 - Haiti's opposition parties and organizations announced that they will begin o…
GUYANA | Oil production to begin in December if weather permit…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 2, 2019 - Hess Corporation, one of the partners in the ExxonMobil-controlled oil operations offs…
HAITI | 42 Protesters Have Died and 86 Were Injured Over 8 Wee…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, November 1, 2019 - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) …
JAMAICA | Registration Of Candidates Under Way For Global Jama…
KINGSTON, November 9, 2019 - Registration is under way for candidates to serve on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs controversi…
DIASPORA | Jamaicans in North East USA want accountability in …
New York, November 9, 2019 – As Jamaica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gets ready to conduct elections to choose worldwide rep…
DIASPORA | J'cans in North East US want Global Diaspora Counci…
New York, November 6, 2019 - Jamaicans residing in the Northeast Region of the United States are up in arms over the governme…
DIASPORA | American Friends of Jamaica Donate JA$100M to Ja ch…
NEW YORK, NY November 2, 2019 - The New York based American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) awarded grants totaling $102…
BRAZIL | Lula Stands As Opposition To Bolsonaro, Right Wants H…
Former Brazilian President and leader of the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is preparing to lead the oppositio…
BOLIVIA | Evo Morales Slams Coup Plotters for Keeping up Viole…
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales condemned Monday right-wing opposition leaders Carlos Mesa and Lusi Cama…
CUBA | The world demands an end to the US blockade against Cub…
United Nations, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Countries from different continents raised their voices on Wednesday at the UN General …
‘Everyone needs to do more’ to help suffering Venezuelans, say…
CARACAS, Venezuela, November 6, 2019 - With the economic sanctions imposed by the United States now taking its toll on …
Egypt recovers one of the world's rarest atlases
CAIRO, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Egypt recovered from Germany a rare copy of the historic Cedid-Atlas, dating from the early nin…
USA | Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of c…
WASHINGTON – A United States State Department investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was …
AFRICA | Sacking of vocal African Union ambassador to US raise…
The decision of the African Union (AU) to end a working relationship with its Permanent Ambassador to the United States, Dr. …
HAITI | Security Council marks transition from 15 years of UN …
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, briefed ambassadors on major developments and achieveme…
Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sou…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exc…
EU leaders choose France’s Lagarde for ECB after marathon summ…
BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG – European Union leaders agreed on Tuesday to name France’s Christine Lagarde as the new head of the Euro…
UNITED STATES | IMF's Lagarde says trade war remains greatest …
WASHINGTON DC, June 29, 2019 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, says the gl…
UNITED STATES | IMF Chief wants G20 countries to eleminate exi…
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2019 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, has called …
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Gov't to honour decisions of the Co…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 24, 2019: Opposition Shadow Minister of Justice, Senator Donna Scott-Mottley is calling on the aut…
JAMAICA | Attorney seeks judicial review in Reid, Pinnock corr…
KINGSTON, October 23, 2019 - Hugh Wildman, the attorney representing former Education Minister, Ruel Reid, and President of t…
GUYANA | Police looking overseas for information on Roger Khan…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2019 - Guyanese police are still hoping to unearth information to link convicted drug l…
JAMAICA | Chuck withdraws comments regarding arrest of Ruel Re…
KINGSTON, October 10, 2019 - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has withdrawn comments he made about Wednesday's arrest and charge…
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IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, day two
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands took everything the top Kenyans and Ethiopians could throw at her and withstood it all to win…
USA Smashes World Record in the Mixed 4X400M Relay at IAAF Wor…
The United States broke the world record for the second time in as many days in the mixed 4x400m relay as Michael Cherry anch…
IAAF claims Olympic champion Caster Semenya is ‘biologically …
The governing body of track argued in court that Olympic champion Caster Semenya is “biologically male” and that is the reaso…
IAAF Unveils News Name and Logo
MONACO, June 9, 2019 - The IAAF Council approved the global governing body’s new name and logo at the 217th IAAF Council Meet…
Toni Morrison: American literary giant made it her life’s work…
The peerless novelist and cultural commentator Toni Morrison, who has died aged 88, never accepted the received wisdom about …
JAMAICA | Jamaica’s Film Industry Scores Big in 2018/19
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 27, 2019 - Jamaica’s Film Commissioner, Renee Robinson, is reporting major success in the Commission’…
JAMAICA | PM Hails Successful Reggae Sumfest
MONTEGO BAY, July 23, 2019 - Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the successful staging of Reggae Sumfest 2019 is a po…
JAMAICA | Strong Performance by Local Film Industry in 2018/19
KINGSTON, Jamaica July 23, 2019 - Film Commissioner, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, is report…
PAHO Concerned about spread of Ultra-Processed Foods in Latin …
WASHINGTON, United States, Monday October 28, 2019 – The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, is concerned that ultra-proc…
Levita Magnetics Announces 1,000th Magnetic Surgery Procedure
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Levita Magnetics, a company dedicated to improving surgical outcomes through Magnetic Surgery®, today annou…
JAMAICA | Island Making Progress in Medicinal Cannabis says Gr…
NEGRIL, October 26, 2019 - Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Gr…
JAMAICA | Ground broken for long awaited Children's Hospital i…
MONTEGO BAY, October 24, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday, broke ground for the construction of the Weste…
Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosqui…
Long-lasting insecticide treated nets and indoor spraying are the main malaria vector control interventions recommended by …
The hidden data in your fingerprints
Fingerprints have provided key evidence in countless cases of serious crime. But there are still some situations in which i…
Ancient Shark is Said to Be World's Oldest Living Vertebrate
London, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) A shark believed to be the oldest living vertebrate has been discovered, and it could be older…
Kenya Will Deploy into Space First Satellite in May
Nairobi, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Kenya will deploy its first satellite into space in May to watch agricultural trends, The Star…
UN | WMO wants govts to protect radio frequencies allocated to…
Amid growing competition for radio wave space due to new wireless technologies, the World Meteorological Organization (W…
Coding in South African schools: what needs to happen to make …
South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at 100…
WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all o…
There is growing concern about the potential for the message and media sharing platform WhatsApp to undermine democracy in a …
Symantec Research Finds More Than Half of Enterprises Believe …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symantec Corp., the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced new resea…
A lesson in decarbonisation from North Macedonia
Towering over the brambles and scrub of the valley is a huge old thermal power plant chimney. Only a few veteran workers leav…
GUYANA | Tullow Oil company makes additional oil find offshore…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 16, 2019 - The London-listed Irish explorer Tullow Oil said on Monday that it has mad…
GUYANA | ExxonMobil makes yet another oil find off the coast o…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept. 16, 2019 - ExxonMobil has made yet another oil discovery off the coast of Guyana, addin…
Open letter to POTUS -from the world’s peoples
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 8, 2019 - The following is an open letter to the President of The United States of America, on behalf…
JAMAICA | Prof Munroe flayed for his sanitized tribute to Edw…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 3, 2019 - Head of the National Integrity Action, NIA, and former leader of the WPJ, Professor Trevor …
Of Paradise Lost - Montego Bay, the first China Town in Jamaic…
“You need a new picture!” asserts the soft-spoken Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, Tian Qi, as he spotted at an official photog…
AFRICA | The Ashenda festival of the Ethiopians where girls pa…
To mark the end of a yearly 15-day fast called Filseta, the girls and young women in the northern parts of Ethiopia notably t…
Africa’s Catholic churches face competition and a troubled leg…
Pope Francis has completed his seven-day tour of three African countries: Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius. It was a sign…
A French ‘Windrush’? When French Caribbeans were treated as se…
The ongoing “Windrush” scandal continues to dominate the news in the UK. We have been scandalised by the appalling treatmen…
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gears up to help the Bahamas
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 - Today, the hearts of the people of the Caribbean are heavy. Once again one of…
Historic Hurricane Dorian slams northern Bahamas,
MONTEGO BASY, September 1, 2019 - Bahamians on Sunday felt the catastrophic effects of hurricane Dorian which was upgraded to…
Hurricane Dorian targets the Bahamas -Evacuation Ordered from …
NASSAU, Bahamas, August 31, 2019 - Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Bahamas as a fierce Category 4 storm Saturday, with new …
ANTIGUA | 'Climate Crisis Is About Our Existence': Antigua-Bar…
On the sidelines of 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently happening in New York City, …
High-Level Panel Calls for Healthy Oceans to Mitigating Agains…
NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2019 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging all stakeholders to unite in acceleratin…
JAMAICA | Phillips joins the fight against mining in the Cockp…
ALBERT TOWN, Trelawny, September 17, 2019 - Jamaica's Cockpit Country Coalition, which features environmentalists, residents…
CARICOM | Amidst Climate Change, Jamaica wants trade concessio…
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2019 - The Government of Jamaica has made an urgent call for members of the World Trade Organi…
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