Daily Archives: Jan 13, 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 13, CMC – A senior official of the Social Development Commission (SDC) says an estimated 320 small businesses valued at more than J$657 million (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.008 cents) were established from April to December 2016 under the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP).

Four male baggage handlers who work at the VC Bird International Airport are in police custody on suspicion of involvement in a drug smuggling operation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 13, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has formalised diplomatic relations with the Republic of Serbia with the eastern European country indicating that it intends to promote cooperation with a region where it has already been active in the past.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 13, CMC – Jamaica is reporting a significant decline in the number of its nationals who have been denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago for the period March to December last year.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13, CMC – Caribbean nationals have taken over key positions within the Organization of American States (OAS) including chairing the hemispheric body’s Permanent Council.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Jan 13, CMC – The Bahamas government says it welcomes the decision of the outgoing Obama administration in the United States to end a five-decade-old open door policy for Cuba migrants who were allowed entry into the North American country under the so-called “wet foot / dry foot” immigration policy.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lonely hearts this Valentine's Day will have a unique chance to spend an evening with British actor Idris Elba after he auctioned himself off to raise money for an African girls charity.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New complaints of discrimination have hit the film awards season after Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman slammed the gender pay gap as "crazy" – and said it was even worse in Hollywood than in other jobs.

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris says she is "incredibly offended" by a new comic film in which a white British actor, Joseph Fiennes, portrays the late "King of Pop."

Nate Parker's historical slavery drama was a surprise inclusion among the Directors Guild of America's nominations on Thursday, after the early awards frontrunner was derailed by a decade-old lawsuit involving a rape charge against the filmmaker.