Urgent health warning for users of synthetic drug “Marley”
From Caribbean360 Two in intensive care and one hospitalised after a seizure following the use of a drug designed to mimic the effects of cannabis and named after the Jamaican reggae icon. VICTORIA, Australia – Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley’s…
Jamaica takes steps to tighten anti-money laundering measures
Jamaica has widened its strategy to deal with money laundering with the Senate giving approval to five Orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday December 5, 2013, CMC – Jamaica has widened its strategy to deal…
Bookings for winter ‘well ahead of last year’—[Jamaica’s] Tourism minister
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Jamaica is on course for a strong winter season with bookings for the period “pacing well ahead of last year,” Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr Wykeham McNeill says. Dr McNeill was addressing a…
JADCO starved for funds
By Balford Henry Senior staff reporter Jamaica Observer THE Jamaica Ant-Doping Commission (JADCO), which has been recently under fire for a number of doping violations, will need a huge increase in its budgetary allocation for 2013/14 if it is to…
Athletics chief defends Jamaican athletes
From Caribbean360 “Our athletes are the most tested in the world”. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday November 29, 2013, CMC – President of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, has robustly defended Jamaican athletes following threats by the World…
Jamaica’s Tessanne Chin through to Top 6 on The Voice
From Caribbean360 In a nerve-wracking votes results show, the 28-year-old songstress was the fourth to be named to advance to the next round. CALIFORNIA, United States, Friday November 29, 2013 – Jamaican songbird Tessanne Chin is one step closer to…
Trinidad and Jamaica to meet Monday on immigration issue
From Caribbean360 Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran will lead his country’s delegation to the talks here after accepting the invitation of counterpart AJ Nicholson. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday November 29, 2013, CMC – Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will…
CI Gov’t and PAHO agree on biennial plan
Senior Managers of the HSA, Minister for Health Hon. Osbourne Bodden along with Ministry’s Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn and other officials met with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative of Jamaica, Bermuda & Cayman Islands, Margareta Skold (stationed in Jamaica)…
Jamaica issues travel warning against Trinidad and Tobago
From Caribbean 360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday November 21, 2013, CMC – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a warning to persons traveling to Trinidad and Tobago in the wake of recent reports of several Jamaicans having been denied entry…
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Former police officer wins appeal over beating incident Rabe Welcome, who was fired from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service after being convicted of malicious wounding a man during an early morning off-duty arrest more than four years ago, has…
