Fitzroy Wickham, a 22-year-old from St. Ann, was recently chosen to be the Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica for 2021. He was one of the 10 candidates vying for the scholarship. The selection committee was chaired this year by Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, and with other members being Rhodes Scholars from previous years in addition to…
Jamaica’s top professional and amateur golfers Wesley Brown and Justin Burrowes are putting in their final preparations ahead of the start of the Jamaica Open at the Tryall Club in Montego Bay this weekend. Brown is keen on improving on his ninth-… Source
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WESTERN BUREAU: With a steep 75 per cent drop in tourist arrivals for the last three quarters of 2020, the Caribbean is expected to contract by 20-30 per cent this year, says Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. He has cautioned that it will require some out-of-the-box thinking and a stick-to-it-iveness approach by regional and international…
The Barbados government has averted strike action by workers of the security firm, G4S Secure Solutions (Barbados) Limited, at least for the next 36 hours, as it contemplates the next course of action against the alleged discriminatory practices of the London-based security firm. Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking to reporters on Monday night following the…
Andre Russell played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020 but had a forgettable season. Source
IDB Invest provided a loan to National Gas Company (Belize) for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a LPG marine terminal. Source
The islands of the Caribbean Sea or West Indies are an extensive archipelago in the far west of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly strung between North and South America. They’ve long been known as a resort vacation destination for honeymooners and retirees and are a major area for cruise ships, but a small movement toward eco-tourism…
December 9, 2020 The Executive Board of the IMF concluded the fourth review of the IMF’s extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Source
2005 world triple jump champion, Trecia Kaye Smith, says she does not have much hope that the current JAAA administration possess the skill set to successfully guide the sports through the COVID-19 pandemic. Garth Gayle and his slate comfortably took office at the November 28 polls at the National Arena. However, 45-year-old Smith believes they…
