Author: Clivette

Buju, Kanye collab coming

September 21, 2020 in Regional

AMERICAN rapper Kanye West left Jamaica yesterday after arriving in the island on a private jet on Friday morning. Veteran music producer and Buju Banton's manager, Donovan Germain, said, after landing, West paid a courtesy call on the reggae singer at his Corporate Area-based Gargamel Studio. “Kanye...

Has the time come for Caribbean Republics?

September 21, 2020 in Regional

The conversation is worth recalling in the context of the third announcement by a Government of Barbados that by November 2021, it intends that Barbados should be a Republic, shedding monarchical status and Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State. The conversation between Lester and Fidel,...

Mercedes-Benz fined $1.5 billion for emissions cheating

September 18, 2020 in International

Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve allegations they cheated on emissions tests, officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the California attorney general's office...