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.
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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
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Heavy rains as result of isolated thunderstorms failed to put a damper on the excitement as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Tuesday planted six poui trees as part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the regional integration movement.
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).
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), will on July 4, commence the registration of electric motorcycles and persons are being given a three-month period to do so before the law is enforced.
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.
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will deliver the keynote address for the historic 175th Emancipation Day commemoration taking place at Buddhoe Park on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday, July 3, 2023.
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.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle says seven questions raised by former FIFA vice president, Austin Jack Warner regarding his extradition to the United States to face a multiplicity of corruption-related charges, were legally grounded and had merit.