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EducationUSA College Fair 2017

EducationUSA College Fair 2017

College Application season is finally here and U.S. Embassy Kingston is proud to announce its 2017 EducationUSA College Fair. This event will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on October 23 and 24, 2017. We invite high school seniors and individuals interested in studying in the United States to attend. The Fair will allow participants to have a better understanding of the diverse and unique educational opportunities available in the United States. Recruiters from over 40 U.S. Colleges and […]

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Jamaican immigrant, with son in US military, deported despite calls for Trump’s help

A Connecticut man who immigrated nearly 20 years ago to the United States -- where he held a stable job and raised his family -- got deported to his native Jamaica, despite a last-minute plea for the Trump administration to intervene on his behalf, his lawyer said to Fox News on Thursday. "It was my hope that somebody would hear my cries for fairness and justice," attorney Ryan McGuigan said of his client, Hugh Williams, who was deported July 27 […]

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RAPIST NOT CATCH!!

It was a Tuesday night like any other for the young woman in her early 20s. It was 9:30 and she had just ended her shift and was heading home. She walked across the street from the complex and waited for a cab. One came after about 10 minutes, she recalled.The driver of the car with private registration plates tooted the horn and shouted, “Mall?” indicating that his route would terminate at Portmore Mall. She got in, told him where she […]

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Billionaire American businessman Wes Edens is giving the Jamaican Government high marks for the role it played in paving the way for his company’s multimillion-dollar investment here.

Billionaire American businessman Wes Edens is giving the Jamaican Government high marks for the role it played in paving the way for his company's multimillion-dollar investment here. “I give them an A. I really give them an A,” Edens, the chairman of New Fortress Energy, told the Jamaica Observer last week on the sidelines of the Natural Gas Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Edens was responding to the Observer's request to grade the Government's performance in facilitating […]

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PHILLIPS APOLOGIZES FOR LACK OF PAC

Opposition Leader is apologizing to the country for the lack of meetings by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC.Dr. Phillips is Chairman of the PAC.The committee hasn’t met since November last year. Dr. Phillips today apologized for the extended lack of PAC meetings.The appointment is one of the expected representational changes on the committees of Parliament. Dr. Phillips says in the interim, newly appointed Opposition Spokesman on Industry and Investment, Peter Bunting, will assume responsibility for the PAC.     WRITTEN BY SANJAY […]

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Senate Passed Long Awaited Pension Bill

    Despite various delays, The Senate passed the Pensions Public Service Bill and the Constitution Amendment Established Fund Payment of Pensions Bill last Friday. Under the scheme, Public sector workers, such as teachers and police officers are expected to begin contributing 2.5 per cent by next year, and will eventually increase this amount by another 2.5 per cent, for a total contribution of five per cent per year. WRITTEN BY SANJAY LEWIS

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Residents in Mount Salem Launched Protest

Despite his apology to soothe tempers of upset residents of Mt. Salem in Montego Bay, St. James- the first location of the ongoing Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) - Omar Sweeney, Deputy Chairman of the Social Intervention Committee operating there continues to face severe backlash over his comments last Thursday in New Kingston that 85 per cent of  young women in Mount Salem, are engaged in some form of prostitution. In a follow up statement, he revised the figure to […]

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New Shadow Cabinet Unveiled

Opposition Leader and People's National Party (PNP) President Dr. Peter Phillips last Thursday, September 28, unveiled his long awaited shadow cabinet comprising 27 members to cover 19 portfolios, after taking over leadership of the PNP over five months ago.  The new faces are Damion Crawford, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke, Fitz JaCkson and Donna Scott-Mottley. Dr. Phillips says it’s a mixture of experience and Youthfulness Opposition Leader Dr. Peter Phillips     written by Sanjay Lewis

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BY-ELECTION DATES EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY

Prime Minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness is expected to announce the date of the long-awaited by-elections for St. Mary South East, St. Andrew South East and St. Andrew South today at a meeting in St. Mary starting at 6 p.m. JLP General Secretary Dr. Horace Chang indicated last week that Mr. Holness was ready to make the announcement last week.     written by Sanjay Lewis

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