Archive for March 30th, 2011

Jamaica is sending a five-member team to Barbados today to meet with officials to discuss the treatment of Shanique Myrie’s allegations of abuse while entering the territory.

The visit coincides with the public outrage over the reported maltreatment of a Jamaican woman by Barbados immigration officials on March 14.

Shanique Myrie reported, earlier this month, she was subjected to two demeaning cavity searches by a female immigration officer in Barbados and was detained for hours for interrogation.

Myrie, who has since retained legal ...

Not everyone is happy with the increasing number of local businessmen who own Jamaican businesses, but Jamaican Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda is encouraging more locals to invest in that country.

Samuda extended an invitation to local businesses while addressing members of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) at the group’s annual general meeting at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, yesterday.

He said, “Many have expressed, at times, disappointment that a number of our businesses have had to ...