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…
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…
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
A Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship on a four-day pleasure trip was forced to return to port in Singapore and confine passengers in their cabins after a Source
Argentinian Ambassador to Jamaica Luis Del Solar has lamented that the coronavirus pandemic has delayed a number of partnerships he was pushing to forge with Jamaica. Among them, the introduction of rugby in prisons as a means of rehabilitation, a… Source
MIAMI, CMC – Strategies for the quick recovery of Caribbean economies from the devastation brought by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be discussed by regional and global stakeholders at a virtual forum on Friday. The event is being hosted… Source
The Caribbean Netball Association will close its Legacy Programme this evening between 6:30 and 8:30. It will be held virtually in collaboration with the Source
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for the establishment of a Caribbean Recovery and Resilient Trust Fund to Source
International Credit Agency Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings, today, December 8, 2020, affirmed the Government of Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Rating, IDR, at ‘B+’. However, the S and P says the outlook remains negative. In a statement on Tuesday, The S&P ratings says the outcome accounted for the economic and financial…
Nationwide News understands that the People’s National Party, the PNP has a new Treasurer. She’s Kisha Anderson. Ms. Anderson’s appointment was ratified by the Executive of the PNP on Monday. She’s been tapped by new Party President, Mark Golding to be in charge of the PNP’s finances. Ms. Anderson is a former Country Manager for…
