Jamaica to review China deal
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has held initial talks with China’s Ambassador to Jamaica on adjusting the structure and implementation of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) funded by the Asian country. The discussion with Ambassador Zhen Qingdian took…
Simpson Miller sworn in 2nd time as Jamaica PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Portia Simpson Miller was sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister Thursday, pledging to ease its deep poverty, boost the sputtering economy, heal political divisions and sever colonial-era links with Britain. Cayman Premier…
Family killed in crash
A Canadian couple were rushing their toddler to hospital in Jamaica when their car collided with an oncoming truck, killing all three and another relative, police say. Local authorities said that at 6 a.m. Wednesday, Garina and Diane Dixon and…
Jamaica’s opposition party wins big in elections
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s opposition capitalised on discontent over the economy to return to power Thursday, as voters gave the country’s first female leader a second chance to govern the island. Supporters of former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller,…
Election race neck and neck
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s two main political parties are in a neck-and-neck race to capture a majority of the country’s 63 parliamentary seats and win control of the government for the next five years. Both sides were predicting victory…
Activist criticizes campaign’s anti-gay rhetoric
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The leader of Jamaica’s sole gay rights group said Tuesday that some ruling-party candidates have aggressively played to anti-gay constituents by resorting to homophobic rhetoric in the final days of the campaign for this week’s national…
Police find severed head of Jamaica gangster
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican investigators on Wednesday found the severed head and bullet-riddled body of a man they believe was a high-ranking member of a notorious drug-and-extortion gang known for beheading victims. A police statement said the bloody head…
Volvo head to Jamaica
Volvo Buses has received an order for a total of 230 city buses from Kingston, Jamaica. The first 65 buses will be delivered at the end of 2011. The transaction is worth just over 16 million euros. “The Jamaican authorities…
Here comes the bride, all dressed in . . . nothing?
Hedonism II is looking for 10 engaged couples who would like to get married in the nude on Valentine’s Day 2012. The festivities will be televised, of course. But “please note that nudity will be blurred for television,” which might…
Nomination day in Jamaica
More than 150 candidates are expected to formally indicate their interest in contesting the December 29 general election. The incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) said they will each put forward candidates to…
