Jamaican Bartender Challenge 2012
From Jamaican Gleaner, Sep. 13, 2012 Over the past month the best bartenders across the island gave it their all to see who would represent Jamaica against bartenders from Mexico, the United States, Peru, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United…
Jamaica demands apology from Mugabe for saying they are hooked on marijuana
The Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs A.J. Nicholson says his office will be seeking clarification from the Government of Zimbabwe over ‘rude’ comments made by President Robert Mugabe attacking Jamaican men as “drunkards and perennially hooked on marijuana”. While giving…
Contractor General’s Open Letter to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition
Office of the Contractor-General September 12, 2012 The Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, MP, ON Prime Minister of Jamaica Office of the Prime Minister 1 Devon Road Kingston 10 The Hon. Andrew Holness, MP Leader of the Opposition Office…
OCG Questions Legitimacy of and Motive for Gorstew’s Sandals Whitehouse Court Challenge
Kingston; September 10, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has taken note of a story which appeared in yesterday’s Jamaica Sunday Observer newspaper which is entitled: ‘OCG has no power to probe Sandals Whitehouse’ (Go to: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/-OCG-has-no-power-to-probe-Sandals-Whitehouse-_12485376)….
Caribbean Project: Review: The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples
Posted on September 6, 2012 by Hunter Wallace Stephen Palmie and Francisco A. Scarano’s The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples is a sweeping 600+ page overview of the history of the Caribbean from 1492 to 2010….
Usain Bolt may play for Manchester United in charity game
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says sprint legend Usain Bolt could play for the club in a charity match next year. Six-time Olympic champion Bolt, 26, has joked he wants a trial at the club. “It’s interesting he says…
New edition of Tracing Your Caribbean [and Cayman Islands] Ancestors
By Chris Paton, British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events) A new edition of Guy Crannum’s “Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors”, which deals with ancestral research in the British West Indies, has been published by Bloomsbury. The National Archives (TNA) has…
Allegation of Thwarted Threat of Execution on the Life of OCG Staff-Member
Kingston; September 5, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has received a report of an alleged failed attempt at the execution of one of its staff-members by a Government contractor. The report, which was conveyed to the…
OCG to Review Jamaica 50th Independence Anniversary Procurement Expenditures
Kingston; August 31, 2012 – In keeping with the discharge of its mandates under the Contractor General Act, the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has written to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Mr. Robert…
Fourteen-year-old Jamaican girl on murder charge gives birth
By STABROEK EDITOR A 14-year-old girl before the courts on a murder charge gave birth yesterday, raising concerns in her community about whether she was being properly monitored by the state. The teen is charged with the murder of 21-year-old…
