Jamaica News

Jamaica-born Dale Holness
Jamaica-born Dale Holness

Jamaica-born politician in Florida cautions against relaxation of gun laws

(Jamaica Gleaner) The commissioner for Broward County in South Florida, United States, Jamaica-born Dale Holness, says despite calls for relaxed regulations to allow for more law-abiding citizens in Jamaica to acquire a legal firearm for self-preservation, the authorities must be careful those guns do not end up in the wrong hands.

Associate language professor Dr Rohan Lewis
Associate language professor Dr Rohan Lewis

There’s money in Jamaican Patois, say linguists

(Jamaica Gleaner) Coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Joseph Farquharson, has asserted that there is still a stigma attached to Patois, otherwise called Jamaican creole, because it was born out of the island’s colonial past.

American comedian, TV host, and motivational speaker Steve Harvey (centre) pauses for a photo-op shortly after his arrival yesterday in Montego Bay, Jamaica ,with Christopher Zacca, president and CEO, Sagicor Group, and Marcia Richards, Sagicor Life executive agent who is also one of the directors of Sagicor Motivational Seminar 2019. (Photos: Leo Hudson)

Steve Harvey in Jamaica for motivational seminar

(Jamaica Observer) American comedian, television host, producer, radio personality, actor, and author Steve Harvey arrived in Montego Bay yesterday for the Sagicor Motivational Seminar (SMS) where he will be the closing speaker today.

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