Deidrian Williams, A.K.A. D-Will, was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica where music played an integral part in his upbringing. Performing in church choirs by the age of 4 and winning his first talent scout by the age of seven, it was evident from a young age that a star was in the making. D-Will became a household name in the Durham Region when he opened up for the Ajax Caribbean Day […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]