Jamaica News

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Toyota Jamaica kicked off their three-month Toyotathon sales event last Saturday at Devon House on St Andrew.

The wheelchair-bound man who was arrested and charged for attempting to smuggle cocaine and ganja out of Jamaica via the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, was handed a mandatory two years and four months sentence and fined $1.3 million in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Jamaica-born Pat Baccas-Bowen, founder, CEO and host of Atlanta-based Future Movement Radio , has been appointed lieutenant colonel aide de camp by the governor of Georgia, the Honourable Nathan Neal.

Natallia Shevanese Graham, who was charged for a number of drug offences including possession, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation, was sentenced to 12 months.

Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna said the annual observance of Labour Day, May 23, can be an opportunity to teach young people the true meaning of service.

GIVEN how the Rev Stanley Redwood gave a good account of himself during his short stint as Senate president, we have no doubt that he will, as he told this newspaper, continue to serve Jamaica from his new home in Canada.

Your guess is as good as ours as to what has SportsMax Caribbean Marketing Manager Tanya Lee in stitches while in conversation with Puma's Juliet Campbell.

Luvs, the fashionable season is upon us, with Caribbean Fashion Week just days away.

The core of the issue is Jamaica's near US$1 billion trade deficit with the community, the bulk of which is with Trinidad and Tobago.

Isn't it a tragedy that despite the thousands of Jamaican poems, songs, speeches and sermons which encourage oneness as a people, this oneness is still just a fantastic idea? Imagine a Jamaica where there is less hatred, jealousy, selfishness and dishonesty, and more love.

E ighteen-year-old Roshelle McKinley had one objective in mind when she signed up for the 2013 Miss Global Jamaica beauty pageant: to win.

Saint model Kim Gordon on the runway. She was shot at Hope Gardens for the ARISE September 2012 cover.

EVELYN SMITH, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association , has challenged local farmers to step up to the plate in meeting the high demand for a number of niche-market items such as broccoli, strawberry and culinary herbs such as basil, which continue to be in short supply.

Armed with legislation under the Proceeds of Crime Act, plus intelligence provided by their overseas counterparts, the Financial Investigations Division has targeted more than $300-million worth of high-end properties in western Jamaica, which investigations suggest were acquired through an international drug and money-laundering network.

A DAY before its historic 36-hour sale, ATL Automotive was bracing for a 'massive traffic' of takers for deals at its Kingston and Montego Bay branches.

THE Ananda Alert System, which was designed to ensure a speedy and safe recovery of missing children, has been strengthened with an allocation of $9 million, as part of efforts to bolster its response and recovery mechanism.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

Jerome Reynolds, Staff Reporter Police investigators are to begin questioning the five persons detained during yesterday's operation in Montego Bay by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Taskforce and the Financial Investigation Division.

By Karly Dudar Travel and vacation usually go hand in hand. The goal, ultimately, is relaxation.

MOST countries have a 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' to honour those whose achievements were heroic but forgotten.