Mrs. Marcia Elaine 'Mer' Rigg-Baker, former co-founder and principal of ABI Startime and the Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant, peacefully passed on Monday, January 15, 2024, after a period of ill-health. A native of Jamaica, Mrs. Rigg-Baker was born in Green Island, Hanover, on September 5, 1950.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has found that the average commuter in Trinidad and Tobago spends an average of one month annually in traffic delays.
BELMOPAN, Belize – Police Commissioner Chester Williams has confirmed that a prominent attorney and member of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) is assisting police investigations following allegations made by two women
MIAMI, FL – The trial date for Former Premier Andrew Fahie, who is charged with several counts of drug smuggling, money laundering and racketeering, will not begin on January 8 as originally scheduled as late motions by prosecutors forced Judge Kathleen Williams to schedule a hearing about those motions on the date the trial was expected to begin.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has become the first country in the Caribbean to launch the first electric United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG)-branded bus, allowing citizens to learn more about the UN initiative.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is reported to have the highest road fatality rate for the region as concerns continue about the persistently high rates of road traffic deaths on the island’s roads.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago's government on Tuesday ordered that the national flag be flown at half-mast on all state and non-state agencies and the country’s diplomatic missions abroad in honor of the former prime minister Basdeo Panday, who died on Monday at the age of 90.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti has been listed one of the countries with the most overcrowded prisons in the world.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday paid final respects to 90-year-old Basdeo Panday, the country’s fifth prime minister, who died in the United States on January 1, where he had been hospitalized for treatment of an undisclosed illness.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has now completed training of the first batch of Haitian police officers.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Education, have decided to delicense the Sunbeam Children’s Home, located in the central parish of St. Catherine, following reports of child abuse at the facility.
ROSEAU, Dominica – More than a month after she died of an apparent heart failure in the United States, the Dominica government Monday announced that the former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, will be given an official funeral on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization for more than 200 groups in New York State, has spearheaded a “children’s march and rally” at City Hall Park in lower Manhattan, urging New York City Mayor Eric Adams to end the 60-day rule for asylum seekers in city shelters.