Monthly Archives: February 2022
Russia, Ukraine conflict could hijack the agenda as Caricom Heads of Government meet
‘Problem after problem’

“Problem after problem,” a distressed parent lamented to the Jamaica Observer on Sunday following an update from her son in Ukraine that he, along with 23 other Jamaican students, had been forced to embark on a nine-hour walk to the Polish border from the city of Lviv after initial plans to travel by bus were disrupted.
Maroon chief hands over firearms after FLA discloses breach

Following the disclosure by Firearm Licensing Authority Chief Executive Officer Shane Dalling on Tuesday that Richard Currie — colonel of the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth — was in breach of the Firearm Licensing Act, Loop News has learnt that the Maroon chief has handed over his guns to the FLA.