Climate Change Ministry Beautifies Half-Way-Tree Road Premises
Staff of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change used Labour Day 2015 to clean and beauty its offices at 16a Half-Way-Tree Road. Five offices operating under the Ministry are located at the premises. These are: Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), Environment and Risk Management Division, Planning and Policy Directorate, Land Directorate, […]
Sam Sharpe Remembered May 23
National Hero and leader of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion, Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, was honoured on May 23, at a floral tribute and ceremony, held in the square named in his honour in Montego Bay. The National Hero was among the more than 500 slaves who lost their lives for participating in Jamaica’s first organized […]
Gov’t to Roll Out Vector Control Programme to Prevent Zika Virus
The Government will shortly roll out an integrated vector control programme to prevent the Zika virus from reaching the shores of Jamaica, and to step up a public education campaign on the disease. The virus, which has caused a recent health scare in the South American country of Brazil, is spread by the bite of […]
Minister Pickersgill Urges Residents To Pay Their Water Bills
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is urging residents of West Central St. James, in particular, and the parish in general, to pay their water bills on time. Addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22, […]
Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit Recovers 130 Stolen Animals
More than 130 stolen animals were recovered during a major operation conducted by the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit in Clarendon on May 25. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Assan Thompson, is reporting that over 60 heads of cattle, and 70 goats were recovered by the police. “I was forced to send the mobile reserve overnight […]
Can I backdate my divorce papers in Jamaica?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I recently found out that I am not divorced from my first husband in Jamaica. I have been filing for my boy since my ex-husband in Jamaica started divorce proceedings. Now that the immigration officer asked me for the proof that my divorce is final, I called back to Jamaica and […]
How to Attract US Dollar Rentals for your Kingston Apartments
One of the latest trends in the real estate market in Kingston is the short term rentals of furnished apartments with prices quoted in US dollars. By “short-term” we mean occupancy of a night to a month. The trend seems to have picked up in the past year or two, as an increasing number of […]
Expressions Caribbean-American Exhibition & Festival-June 6,2015
Miramar, FL – Feel The Spirit of the Caribbean as entrepreneur and community leader, Kicks off National Caribbean-American Heritage Month with another fantastic showcase, “Expressions” Caribbean-American Exhibition and Festival. We know that when Elizabeth Burns puts on an event it will be filled with great excitement and many business opportunities. “Expressions” Caribbean-American Exhibition represents a […]
An interview with International Reggae Day organizer Andrea Davis
International Reggae DayTM (IRD) is a 24-hour global media festival hosted annually on JulyOne by Kingston as the home of Jamaican music, to highlight the best of Jamaica’s creativity and ‘uplift, inspire and unite’ the Reggae community worldwide with a one true love movement. International Reggae DayTM is the brainchild of organizer Andrea Davis. Davis […]
Thank You Jamaica Diaspora ! JTB Hosts An Appreciation Reception In New York
With the April 9 2015 touchdown in Jamaica of Air Force One, President Barack Obama, made it cool to fly into Norman Manley International Airport. The fact that America’s 44th President greeted Jamaica’s young movers and shakers in their own vernacular scored him AND Jamaica major Brownie points. Following closely on the heels of that […]