Kingston, Jamaica: The Opposition PNP says it agrees that a fitting way for the Royals to begin their visit to Jamaica, would be to offer an authentic and profound apology for the role played by their family in the Slave Trade, chattel slavery and the plantation system, as well as a public acknowledgement that the Royal Family benefited from it.
Kingston, Jamaica, March 19, 2022: Opposition Spokesperson on Justice, Senator Donna Scott-Mottley has chided the Prime Minister for his mockery of the Jamaican people, and gross disregard of the judicial process, when he indulged in a gimmick of purporting to impose a fine of $100,000 on his government ministers who had been exposed in breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA).
There is a new push from the wealthy and ownership class in Jamaica to deprive and dispossess the masses of the wealth, resources and treasures of the nation even further than has been done in the past.
Kingston, Jamaica, March 12, 2022: The Peoples National Party has expressed support for former minister of national security Senator Peter Bunting in relation to his response to the Integrity Commission’s Special Report of Investigation into Allegations Concerning Acts of Impropriety, Irregularity and Corruption in the Issuance of Firearm User Licences to Persons of ‘Questionable Character.’
It is Commonly held that Russian president Vladimir Putin’s objective for invading Ukraine is to install a puppet regime that is pliable to Moscow’s interests. If so, this would be consistent with the approach Russia has taken with its forays into Africa in recent years.
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 12, 2022 - Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Montague, has resigned from the Andrew Holness Cabinet with immediate effect.
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,Tor Wennesland, on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the “deteriorating security situation” this week in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where daily violence has claimed the lives of six Palestinians, including a child.
In recent weeks the world has witnessed the most tense moments in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This was evident in the deliberations and voting by members of the United Nations on resolutions calling on Russia to halt its invasion and withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
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KINGSTON, March 7, 2022 - Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith says her ministry has been in contact with eighteen Jamaican students in Russia, three (3) of whom are making plans to leave in the coming days, as they consider the Ministry's recommendation that Jamaican nationals located in Russia leave that country, as the situation is becoming increasingly difficult as a consequence of various sanctions imposed in response to its military actions in Ukraine.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 3, 2022 - Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community has strongly condemned the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and call for an immediate ceasefire, an end to all acts of aggression, and the urgent withdrawal of Russian military forces in Ukraine.
