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Court Settlement Splits US$2 Million Award among 240 Jamaican Workers

Court Settlement Splits US$2 Million Award among 240 Jamaican Workers

According to a court order signed by a United States District Court judge, some 240 Jamaican workers at the luxury Kiawah Island Golf Resort located in South Carolina will split a US$2 million award. The Resort hosted the 2012 PGA Championship and will be the site of the championship in 2021. The order was made […]

Police Commissioner to demit office January 6

The Ministry of National Security confirms the resignation of Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams as of January 6, 2017. Dr. Williams indicated his desire to retire from the Jamaica Constabulary Force from October 18, 2016. Numerous efforts were made by members of the administration, the Police Services Commission, and the Minister of National Security […]

Food For The Poor Frees 313 Nonviolent Offenders in Time for Christmas

With Christmas four days away, 313 former inmates will be home with their families to celebrate, thanks to generous donors of the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor. For 18 years, the charity has secured the release of nonviolent offenders in Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica by paying their accumulated fines at […]

Our Stories: Bukam dances with his departed father everyday

In this installment of Our Stories, Bukam Bling shares how he dances with his departed father everyday….For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, if the lens […]

Vietnam – Jamaicans Tell Their Travel Stories

VIETNAM In March 2014 I visited Vietnam with a dental team to work at a Catholic Orphanage in BanMeThuot ( which is the largest city) in the central highlands of the southern end of Dac Lac Plateau. After completing our work in BanMeThuot, three of us from the group did some sightseeing in Ho Chi […]

Public-Private Partnership Boosts Hospital in Becoming Baby Friendly

The Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth is now qualified to become a ‘baby-friendly’ hospital following infrastructural and equipment support from Sagicor Jamaica, which Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton says underscores the significance of corporate citizenship. As one of three beneficiaries of the 2016 Sagicor Sigma Run, the hospital received on Thursday, December 15, a […]

Jack Radics’ Record Label Sponsors Innovative Greenhouse in Atlanta

Sound Faculty LLC, the independent record label founded by platinum selling Jamaican recording artist Jack Radics, has officially sponsored  Rainbow House, an Aquaponics  greenhouse project run by Clayton County based teacher and scientist Stanley Heron. Aquaponics is the scientific system of fusing aquaculture (the raising of fish) with hydroponics (the soilless growing of plants), that […]