The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is reporting an increase in the number of foreigners acquiring Jamaican citizenship, which totalled more than 10,000 persons over the last 10 years. Director of Citizenship Services at PICA, Carol Saunders-Hammond, said the increase in applications came mainly from...
The 39th regular meeting of the conference of the heads of government of the Caribbean Community was held on July 4-6, in Montego Bay, St James. Already there were mixed views about the conference and ganja. There is a view that the leaders are interesting...
[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption]Grammy — winning reggae artiste Buju Banton celebrates his 45th birthday today. The artiste, born Mark Anthony Myrie, is currently an inmate at McRae Correctional Facility in Georgia, United States, where he is serving a 10-year sentence on drug-related charges. Since...
[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Prime Minister Gaston Browne has again threatened to take strong action against “a handful of people in Barbuda”, whom he is accusing of “fabricating strife in order to create chaos and confusion”. This time, he made...
ATTORNEYS representing dancehall artistes Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm are to continue challenging their clients' conviction in the Court of Appeal in downtown Kingston today. The hearing is set for one week. Last Monday the team of Tom Tavares-Finson, Valerie Neita-Robertson, and Bert Samuels began the appeal...