Jamaican MP’s daughter and her mother abducted Barbados Today10/09/20230141 views (Jamaica Observer) — Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston Eastern and Port Royal Phillip Paulwell has confirmed reports reaching the Jamaica Observer that his 10-month-old child and her mother have been missing since… Read more
First Jamaican female monk Barbados Today24/04/20230184 views (Jamaica Observer) – When Hannah Maryam TekleHaimanot came to Jamaica in December 2020, it was meant to be a two-month stop en route to Ethiopia where she had planned to… Read more
Jamaica to begin issuing e-passports Barbados Today27/03/20230138 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says it will begin issuing e-passports on Monday, April 3. The high-security electronic document, PICA said in a news… Read more
Shelly, Sha’Carri to face off in Botswana Barbados Today27/03/20230173 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – Multiple Olympic and world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson are set to face off at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix, this year’s second… Read more
Former SSL boss distances himself from massive fraud at investment firm Barbados Today23/01/20230170 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – Former Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) CEO Zachary Harding has stepped forward with a clear message meant for all and sundry: My hands are clean. This… Read more
PM Andrew Holness to announce Cabinet changes this week Barbados Today09/01/2023070 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – A decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to cancel today’s weekly meeting of his Cabinet has led to heightened speculation that a reshuffle of his ministers… Read more
Jamaican-Canadian journalist debuts with children’s book Barbados Today25/11/20220109 views Toronto, Canada— Jamaican-Canadian journalist and writer Desmond Loren Brown has made his debut as an author of fiction with his children’s book publication, The Boy and the Honeybees. The book… Read more
Caricom split on Jamaica’s nomination for post of Commonwealth Secretary General Barbados Today02/04/20220122 views SOURCE: CMC — Antigua and Barbuda has described as a “monumental error” the decision by Jamaica to announce the nomination of its Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson… Read more
COVID identified in 75% of Jamaican communities Barbados Today23/01/2022095 views SOURCE: CMC — Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is reporting that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now in 75 per cent of communities across the island,… Read more
The UWI rejects allegations of widespread exam cheating Barbados Today09/10/2021092 views The University of the West Indies says it categorically rejects misinformed allegations in recent media coverage on the subject of the integrity of its examinations, as the institution transitioned to… Read more