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WiredJA News Team News 03 August 2024

DIASPORA | Honouring the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia: Their Contributions and Legacy

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada - Aug. 2, 2024 - On Emancipation Day, August 1, 2024, the Canadian Government commemorated the national historic significance of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia with a plaque unveiling ceremony at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site.

WiredJA News Team News 03 August 2024

DIASPORA | Honouring the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia: Their Contributions and Legacy

JAMAICA | PJ Patterson Welcomes Placement of Reparations on the agenda of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa

Statesman in Residence at the P.J. Patterson Institute for African Caribbean Advocacy, has welcomed the decision to place the question of claims for reparative justice and money for reparations on...

WiredJA News Team News 01 August 2024

JAMAICA | 190 Years of Emancipation: P.J. Patterson Calls for Renewed Solidarity and Progress on Emancipation Day 2024

MONTEGO BAY, August 1, 2024 - As the sun rises on August 1, 2024, casting its golden rays across the Caribbean, we mark a momentous milestone: 190 years since the...

WiredJA News Team News 01 August 2024

JAMAICA | Emancipation: Rejecting the Legacy of Slavery - PJ Patterson

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 31, 2024 - Statesman in Residence, at the P.J. Patterson Institute for African Caribbean Advocacy, says After 190 years of the Emancipation Proclamation, and despite repeated calls...

WiredJA News Team News 31 July 2024

HAITI | Troubled Waters: Jamaica's Paradoxical Stance on the Haitian Crisis

MONTEGO BAY, July 30, 2024 -In the sun-drenched Caribbean, a storm of controversy brews as Jamaica navigates the turbulent waters of the Haitian refugee crisis.

WiredJA News Team News 30 July 2024

GUYANA | AG Nandlall and High Court Judge Flex Legal Muscles in Sovereignty Showdown

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 28, 2024 - In the steamy political cauldron of Georgetown, Guyana, a legal tempest is brewing between two titans of the justice system. Attorney General Anil Nandlall...

WiredJA News Team News 28 July 2024

JAMAICA | Bunting Condemns Senate President’s Bias

KINGSTON, Jamaica. July 27, 2024: Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Peter Bunting, has strongly condemned the actions of Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson following a walkout by Opposition Senators...

WiredJA News Team News 28 July 2024

United States | Twice as good for half the respect: Kamala Harris’ battle for the White House

Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world’s most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman – specifically a woman of colour, Vice...

Clare Corbould, Deakin University News 27 July 2024

JAMAICA | Dr. Dayton Campbell Urges JPS to Restore Power in Eastern Westmoreland

Westmoreland, Jamaica. July 25, 2024: Following the passage of Hurricane Beryl over three weeks ago, laying waste to a number of communities along the South Coast as well as Portland...

WiredJA News Team News 26 July 2024

JAMAICA | Supreme Court Strikes Out Meritless Cases Brought by JLP - Opposition approves

KINGSTON, Jamaica. July 25, 2024: The People's National Party (PNP) has welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to strike out both claims brought by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) against Councillors...

WiredJA News Team News 26 July 2024

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