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Can I just adjust my status?

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Dear Mrs Walker Huntington:My mother has been a green card holder since 2013. She submitted my paperwork last year. My approval date was August 2017.She will be applying for her citizenship next March.My understanding is that once the approval is...

Deportation arrests show increase under Trump

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Trump administration has made 27 per cent more deportation arrests during the first half of this fiscal year than were made during the same period last fiscal year, the latest piece of evidence that it is aggressively pursuing...

Farmers urged to maximise the use of technology

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw is urging farmers to embrace the use of technology to produce high-quality crops and to protect the environment.Speaking at a graduation ceremony, held recently at the University...

Husband: Wife deported to Albania with no chance for goodbye

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TROY, Michigan (AP):The husband of a 46-year-old suburban Detroit woman says her family was not given the opportunity to say goodbye before she was deported. Pete Gojcaj of Troy tells the Detroit Free Press that Cile Precetaj telephoned him at 4 a.m...

What to do about gays

Published:Sunday | May 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Everyone ought to mind his own business. Everyone should live and let live. Everyone could learn to respect and treat others as they expect, deserve and want to be treated themselves.Maybe if these principles were widely practised,...

International outcry grows over Venezuela vote

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A growing rostor of nations on Monday decried Venezuela's presidential election as a farce, with the United States leading the charge in announcing new financial restrictions aimed at further isolating President Nicol·s Maduro's embattled...

Quote of the day

Published:Sunday | May 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

"There's nothing about the playoffs that's comfortable until you either win it all or you lose and go into the summer" - Lebron James

This week's shutterbugs

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 5:04 AM

Nigerian educator to present visiting scholar seminar at UWI

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 5:32 AM

There are great literature experiences happening in the week leading up to the Calabash International Literary Festival in St Elizabeth. Esteemed writer and academic Dr Karen King-Aribisala of the University of Lagos (Nigeria) will be giving a...

FLOW restores cable service

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:We write in response to the letter to the editor titled 'While we wait on FLOW' published in your newspaper on May 10, 2018.We are pleased to report that Wendy Lindo's cable television service was restored on May 9, 2018, by our...

Condemn Israel for Gaza slaughter

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Once again, the world is witnessing the cruelty of Israel.The Palestinians of Gaza are, in fact, prisoners of Israel. They suffer from lack of adequate food, limited jobs, a struggling economy, and continuous attacks by Israel's army...

Sagicor to labour at community health centres islandwide on Labour Day

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Over 500 Sagicor team members have registered to participate in the company's Labour Day projects scheduled for May 23.This year, the company, through its charitable arm, Sagicor Foundation, will be focusing its efforts on improving the overall...

Entrepreneurship on a roll!

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:It appears that through ingenuity, dedication and pure willpower, Jamaica's young entrepreneurs have armed themselves with the tools to ensure success. They are on a roll. This is a welcome improvement considering the economic...

Bad day for Bravo as Daredevils shock Super Kings

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

DELHI, India (CMC):West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo had a day to forget as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) plunged to a shock 34-run defeat to bottom-of-the-table Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here yesterday. Playing at the Feroz...

Encourage volunteerism for Labour Day

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:As a concerned citizen in Montego Bay, I am calling on Jamaicans, particularly young people, to be nationalistic and give voluntary service for the uplift of the nation this upcoming Labour Day, May 23, in spite their political...

Rose Bowl among 15 CONCACAF Gold Cup sites

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP):The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and Soldier Field in Chicago are among 15 venues for next year's CONCACAF Gold Cup, the first edition of the tournament following its expansion from 12 to 16 nations.The tournament...

Over 100 persons feared dead in Cuba plane crash

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):A Cuban-operated airliner, with at least 110 people aboard, crashed and burned in a cassava field just after takeoff from the Havana airport yesterday. Cuban media have reported three survivors.The Boeing 737 went down just after noon a...

Afridi in doubt for Windies contest

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC):A knee injury is expected to rule Pakistan star Shahid Afridi out of the Hurricane Relief Twenty20 International against West Indies at month end.The 38-year-old was scheduled to turn out for the ICC World XI in the fixture at...

Disastrous day for Bravo as CSK slump

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

DELHI, India (CMC):West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo had a day to forget as Chennai Super Kings plunged to a shock 34-run defeat to bottom-of-the-table Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League here Friday.Playing at the Feroz Shah Kotla,...

Chilly reception to US poultry pitch

Published:Monday | May 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Chilly reception to US poultry pitchA lobby group representing American broiler companies is pushing Jamaicans to buy more poultry and eggs from the United States, but the agriculture ministry is not keen on the pitch, saying Jamaica is already self...

Hamas says most slain Gaza protesters were its members

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Most of the protesters killed this week by Israeli fire along the border with the Gaza Strip were members of Hamas, the militant group said yesterday, an assertion that deepens the starkly different narratives on both sides over the...

California building explosion investigated as intentional

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):An explosion that rocked a Southern California medical building, killing the owner of a day spa and seriously injuring two patrons, is being investigated as a crime after federal officials found remnants of an explosive device...

EU chief lashes out at Trump amid new push to save Iran deal

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SOFIA (AP):A top European Union official branded President Donald Trump selfish and capricious yesterday as EU leaders met to count the likely economic damage US policies might inflict on the bloc and to try to rescue the Iran nuclear deal.In a...

Pollard finds form as Mumbai go fourth

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MUMBAI, India (CMC):Kieron Pollard made his first match in two weeks count, spanking his first half-century of the season as Mumbai Indians improved their play-off chances with a narrow three-run victory over Chris Gayle's Kings XI Punjab here...

Higher fines coming for persons trafficking contraband into prison

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Government is taking steps to impose more stringent fines on persons who smuggle contraband into correctional facilities.State Minister for National Security Rudyard Spencer said that the Government would be reviewing the Corrections Act to...

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