Mrs Fete

Kamla keeps up heavy party schedule Amidst fiery protests in the Siparia constituency and bitter complaints by some constituents that she is missing in action, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is keeping up a heavy party schedule of Carnival fetes, in one instance hitting three — in different parts of the read more…

TnT businessman dies in Jamaica
January 15th 2012 12:17 PMSonny Gobin — Found the ‘Key’ to the good life From Jamaica Observer LAST Wednesday, scores of mourners filled the pews of Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church located off Shortwood Road in Kingston, to celebrate the life of Trinidadian, Sonny Gobin, the founder of Key Insurance Company Limited. Gobin died read more…

President Jagdeo lifts TV station ban until December 1
October 14th 2011 7:00 PMPRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday announced that he will let the four-month suspension on CNS TV6 begin from December 1 instead of October 3, so that the opposition parties will have no excuse for the defeat they will suffer at the hands of the PPP in the upcoming general and read more…

Golding clears air on Anglican Church land remark
August 31st 2011 7:43 PMPRIME Minister Bruce Golding stepped in to further quell fears about the Government’s policy concerning the acquisition of prime property from private owners, saying that his administration has no interest in lands owned by the Anglican Church in Jamaica. However, the prime minister indicated that the Government was interested in read more…

Should Creole replace French in Haiti’s schools?
August 28th 2011 11:54 AMCREOLE is the mother tongue in Haiti, but children do most of their schooling in French. Two hundred years after Haiti became the world’s first black-led republic, is the use of French holding the nation back? “The percentage of people who speak French fluently is about five percent, and 100 read more…

JA gov’t to acquire Marcus Garvey’s birthplace
August 26th 2011 9:27 PMThe Jamaican Cabinet has approved the compulsory acquisition of the birthplace of the country’s first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Executive Director at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Laleta Davis-Mattis, said her agency and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture are working assiduously to rehabilitate the birthplace of read more…

Barbados PM promises major changes
August 26th 2011 8:31 PMLet the punishment fit the crime! that’s the call going out from Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to the law courts. Stuart, addressing hundreds of Democratic Labour Party (DLP) supporters at the 56th annual conference in George Street, St Michael, said such a move could help the police in combating crime read more…



