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WASHINGTON, (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says projects from four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have been selected to harness the potential of sargassum as a resource for various industries. The Washington-based financial institution said that with its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, projects from Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Belize will benefit from its Sargassum Innovation Quest: Building Resilient Coastal Ecosystems. “This initiative was launched to identify and...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Social media giant TikTok plans to completely shut down its operations in the United States this Sunday if a ban ordered by legislators goes through as planned, a report said. The platform, which counts over 170 million American users, will implement an immediate blackout rather than allowing existing users continued access as had been expected, according to sources who spoke to The Information. The apparent shutdown comes as...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Sean Dyche said Wednesday he had left Everton at "the right time" after managing the club during "one of its toughest periods in its history". Dyche was sacked just hours before the FA Cup tie with Peterborough last Thursday by Everton's new US-based owners, The Friedkin Group, with the Liverpool club just one point above the Premier League relegation zone. Within two days, David Moyes returned as Everton...

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP)— Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first sitting president to be detained in the nation's history. Yoon, who faces charges of insurrection over his short-lived effort to impose martial law last month, said he would comply with investigators to avoid "bloodshed". A former prosecutor who led the conservative...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 32-year-old man has been charged following a knife fight at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston last week. Police from the Kingston East Division charged Omar Murray of Vineyard Road, Kingston 3 with wounding with intent following the incident on Tuesday, January 7. Reports are that about 12:55 pm, Murray and a man got into a dispute that became physical. It is alleged that...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man charged with carrying an offensive weapon pleaded guilty in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Trinane Gonzalez was brought before Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrell after he was found with a ratchet knife in his possession. When asked how he pleaded, Gonzalez replied, "guilty with explanation". Gonzalez explained that he had taken the knife from a schoolboy on his way home. Judge...

CLARENDON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says it is treating the investigation into the death of 20-year-old Jimoy Suckoo, who was fatally shot while at a hotel with her police officer partner, with utmost seriousness. Noting that they are aware of the Hotel Versailles incident the JCF said, “The incident reportedly involved a constable who is attached to the Specialized Operations Branch. The matter is being treated with...

ST MARY, Jamaica — A St Mary labourer has been charged with murder after being nabbed by police on Friday for a shooting in March 2023. Twenty-one-year-old Ronald Davis, otherwise called ‘King’ has been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Odaine Martin otherwise called ‘Danny,’ a construction worker of Enfield, Annotto Bay, St Mary. Davis is also charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and using...

Monty Alexander mounts ‘A Living History: Jamaica to Jazz’ in NYC

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Gregory Isaacs ‘returns’ to the London stage

Jacinth Headlam premieres