VISIT OF JAMAICAN CONSULATE GENERAL, NEW YORK TO CONNECTICUT
NEW YORK, NY. Tuesday, June 30, 2009 — The Jamaican Consulate General, New York announces a Passport Outreach on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 in the community of Hartford, Connecticut. This will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Collin Bennett Agency, Collin Bennett Building, 1229 Albany Avenue, CT 06112.
Read moreUS SENATOR CHRIS DODD PLEDGES HELP FOR CARIBBEAN REGION
NEW YORK (JIS) Thursday, March 26, 2009 – US Senator Christopher Dodd says his office stands ready to assist the promotion and development of investment and trade initiatives between the US and the Caribbean region, in whatever way possible.
Responding to a range of questions and concerns at a recent meeting with members of the New [...]
Hear, hear, Mr Nelson
There is nothing diplomatic about the recent brouhaha over the non-return or late return of diplomatic passports issued to officials from the previous People’s National Party (PNP) Government.
Read moreA BLEAK ECONOMIC PICTURE THAT’S SET TO GET WORSE
The announcement by the owners of Alumina Partners (Alpart) that they will close the refinery in a month’s time is another piece of bad news that should hardly have surprised anyone, and certainly not the Government.
Read moreCONSTITUTIONAL ABSURDITIES
THE GLEANER – We agree with Justice Seymour Panton about the incongruity – absurdity even – of a citizen of a Commonwealth country being eligible to sit in the Jamaican Parliament, while a Jamaican who is a citizen of a non-Commonwealth state is barred.
The former, as was implicitly confirmed by the Court of Appeal in [...]






