WESTERN BUREAU State Minister for Tourism Senator Delano Seiveright is calling for Jamaican businesses to intensify their efforts to forge partnerships with their regional and international counterparts by making their presence felt at major international trade shows. According to Seiveright, such an endeavour would enable Jamaican businesses to become successful players in the tourism linkages industry, which has the capacity to generate significant earnings while exposing our goods and services in the global marketplace. Seiveright, who was speaking during yesterday’s launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run at Sandals Montego Bay, highlighted the need for collaboration to expand the nation’s reach and offerings through strategic linkages, noting the vast opportunities available for businesses that actively position themselves to meet global requirements. “Too many of us as local businesses are not yet positioned to meet some of these basic requirements,” said Seiveright, pointing to the immense potential within the tourism...

On March 31, 1917, the transfer of the Danish West Indies to the United States took place on the island of St. Thomas. The islands were sold to the U.S. for $25 million in gold coin. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) On March 31, 2025, it will be 108 years since these islands were sold to the United States. My great-grandparents, grandparents and other relatives who were governed by the Danish government at that time saw the transfer of these islands to the United States for $25 million in gold coin. Olasee Davis (Submitted photo) Nevertheless, the United States’ colonial policy distinguished between “nationals” and citizens or inhabitants of colonies to whom the rights of U.S. citizenship were not conferred. In other words, the inhabitants of the former Danish West Indies were not citizens of the United States when the islands were transferred. I was told my great mother Catherine Jurgensen, grandparents...

Beaumont Zodecloun writes: Dart should not have been the ‘selected bidder’ [for the waste-to-energy project] because Dart et al. have no experience with WTE or any facet of the problem. Here is my armchair analysis of the situation: 1. WTE works when the recyclables have been separated and the remaining waste has been sorted. What we have is decades of rotted, compacted organic waste with more than a little hazardous waste thrown in for seasoning. You can’t just shovel shit into a burner and turn it into energy. 2. There is every chance that dissembling Mount Trashmore would be hazardous to the neighbouring inhabitants downwind of this activity. We would need to hire trained and certified professionals to monitor the air and Trashmore itself prior to any activity and in situ monitoring as it progressed. 3. Dart wants to move Trashmore to a lined pit in Bodden Town. Lined pits...

Overview: Mia Love, the former Utah congresswoman who became the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, died Sunday at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah. She was 49. Mia Love, the former Utah congresswoman who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Black person to represent Utah in Congress, died on Sunday, March 23, at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah. She was 49. The cause was glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer she had battled since 2022. Born Ludmya Bourdeau Love in Brooklyn on Dec. 6, 1975, she was the daughter of Haitian immigrants who had come to the United States in the 1970s. Her father worked in building maintenance, while her mother transitioned from housekeeping to a career as a nursing assistant. The family eventually settled in Connecticut, where Love became...

Como un hecho de gran importancia calificó el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, el Ejercicio Nacional de Prevención y Enfrentamiento al delito, la corrupción, las ilegalidades y las indisciplinas sociales, que dio inicio este lunes, tomando como punto de partida una reunión realizada en la sede del Comité Central y en la cual participaron a través de videoconferencia autoridades de todos los territorios del país. El ejercicio —explicó el Jefe de Estado—, da continuidad al desarrollado en diciembre del pasado año y con él se ratifica todo el esfuerzo, el empeño en continuar avanzando en el combate directo a las indisciplinas sociales, las ilegalidades y el delito, así como el ordenamiento de las relaciones entre el sector estatal y el no estatal, señaló. En el caso particular de los delitos, significó la aparición de hechos de violencia, agresividad y...

Casi veinte años pesan en cualquier historia, contrario a lo que decía el célebre Carlos Gardel. Si desde 2006 se proyectó ampliar el servicio sanitario en Bahía Honda, con la ejecución del policlínico Manuel González Díaz, hasta el momento los habitantes de aquellos lares lo evocan como un anhelo y la estructura de la instalación acelera su deterioro. Dicen que las casas deshabitadas sufren en demasía, y esa máxima se cumple al observar lo que ha sido de este objetivo postergado una y otra vez, como si más de 40 000 bahiahondenses no merecieran una respuesta a la altura de sus excelentes indicadores de salud y de la  formación constante de profesionales capaces. Así lo confirma Ariosky Cabrera Díaz, director de Salud Pública en la localidad. “El Manuel González Díaz es una obra del Comandante en Jefe, perteneciente a la Batalla de Ideas, tal vez de las pocas aún inconclusas....

The Ministry of Educational Transformation has announced that Gordon Walters Primary School will temporarily suspend classes starting March 25, 2025, following the discovery of additional safety concerns. This decision comes after a site visit by the Minister of Educational Transformation and other key stakeholders, including the school’s Principal and staff, representatives from Vector Control, and union members. The suspension comes after recent work to address rodent issues and other concerns, including baiting and repairs, was completed. Although the school was set to reopen on March 24, 2025, further inspections revealed problems that could negatively impact the teaching and learning environment, prompting the decision to halt classes until the issues can be properly resolved. Class 4 students will attend face-to-face classes at St. Patrick’s Anglican Church starting March 25, while the remainder of the school will switch to online learning. A meeting with parents and staff is scheduled for March 30,...

Desde cu eleccion a pasa, ainda e gobierno nobo no a sinta. Hopi cos a pasa, unda cu a bin dos formador, e screening no ta cla, dos candidato pa minister a haya conseho negativo, a dura tres siman na mesa cu diferente stakeholder. Riba Facebook e parlamentario di FUTURO a bisa lo siguiente: “1. Dia 6 di december 2024 a tuma luga eleccion parlamentario;2. Ronda di informateur a inicia y 27 di december a firma intentieverklaring;3. Screening di formateurs a inicia y a finalisa 2 siman y mei despues;4. A duna espacio y respet na partido AVP cu perdida di ex-lider di nan partido y despues continua na inicia negociacion pa gobernacion fin di januari;5.Despues di 3 siman di sinta na mesa y dialoga y acorda con lo bay traha pa cumpli cu Aruba, 18 di februari e peticionnan di screening a bay na tur instancia; Desde 18 di...

En el golpe de 2009, los criminales eran “camisas blancas”, hace poco se cambiaron de colectivo al fallido BOC y hoy es Red por la Defensa de la Democracia o RDD, siguen la operación para incendiar Honduras, repiten como Renato, insultos buscando tocar el ego y manipular a los militares, y amenazan, mientras “su” general cobarde huye saltando cercos para no pagar por los asesinatos y robos, quizá mi amigo “Reni”, a vos también te llegue el momento en irte saltando tapias, ya tus “héroes de papel”, sin pistolas, se muerden los labios y, no es tan literario, como escribió Sábato. Los arlequines como Nasralla, Cossette y otros, ya los hemos juzgado desde estos teclados, fueron pesados, medidos y hallados defectuosos, son y serán esclavos, el patrón manda; si viviera el héroe Morazán lo atacarían, pedirían otra vez y otra vez el fusilamiento “ateo y comunista”, porque ustedes son enemigos...

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió este martes las aguas al sur de Nueva Zelanda, sin que las autoridades hayan informado de víctimas o daños materiales o se activara la alerta de tsunami. El hipocentro fue localizado a 10 kilómetros de profundidad, y a casi 160 kilómetros al suroeste de Riverton o a 184 kilómetros al suroeste de Invercargill, ambas ciudades en la punta meridional de la isla Sur del país, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos, que registra la actividad sísmica en todo el mundo. Nueva Zelanda, con una población 5 millones de habitantes, se asienta en la falla entre las placas tectónicas del Pacífico y Oceanía y registra unos 14.000 terremotos cada año, de los que entre 100 y 150 tienen la suficiente potencia como para ser percibidos. El 22 de febrero de 2011 murieron 185 personas en un seísmo de magnitud 6,3 que sacudió la ciudad...