J'can-born judge creates history in New York
WITH THOSE words, and witnessed by the entire legal fraternity, members of the security forces and the general electorate, history was created when Jamaican-born Sam Walker took the oath, as he was sworn in as Judge of the Westchester County Court...

Outdated media investment restrictions
THE FOLLOWING is the editorial published in last week's issue of Canada Extra, a free publication targeting West Indians.

Counterfeiters to feel the heat in western Jamaica
WESTERN JAMAICA has consistently had the highest number of reported counterfeit cases for the last five years, police say. Indeed, western Jamaica has the notoriety of ranking first as a den for the laundering of counterfeit notes, but the police...

Local Government reform still dragging along
MANY ROADS across the island are still badly in need of repairs, streets are without signs, rural districts are without water and derelict buildings pose a threat to public safety. Those are some of the problems that Local Government reform was supposed..