KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Egyptian military coup that removed the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi was justified as an act to save democracy and preserve law and order by preventing the country from sinking into further chaos and violence. The military claimed that it was prompted not o...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Value-added trade contributes nearly 30 per cent to developing countries' gross domestic product, on average, compared with 18 per cent in developed countries, according to the recently released World Investment Report 2013. The report also revealed that last year, for the f...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley said that Jamaica, through its Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) “has co...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - That five more of our athletes - including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson - tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics. It has happened when we are still reeling from the shock of Veronica Campbell-Brown's positive test and the six-year ban o...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based Private Sector Working Group to examine CARICOM and other free trade agreements. The Jamaica Cha...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation. However, it is sufficient time to make an assessment of its performance towards achieving its mission, vision and strategic goals. CARICOM, which was formed by former colonies in the British West Indies in their quest...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The following is an edited version of a speech delivered to the Lions Club of Kingston recently. Many Jamaicans are still uncertain as to the net benefits of our membership of CARICOM. The primary concern has been our trading relations with Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) within t...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - EVEN as Jamaicans received word of the country's best-ever performance at the World Youth Athletics Championships, comes the staggering news that several Jamaican athletes, including Olympic medallists Mr Asafa Powell and Ms Sherone Simpson, have tested positive for banned su...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Two Olympic medalists are among five Jamaicans who have reportedly returned adverse analytical findings for banned performance enhancing drugs at the National Championships in June. According to highly placed track and field sources, four of the athletes are in the senior ra...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Monday cautioned against a rush to judgment in the wake of reports that some of the country's athletes have tested positive for banned substances. “Jamaica is currently under the microscope globally, as our ascen...