‘Women’s roles in organised Jamaican crimes less visible than men’

Reading Time: 3 minutesDirector of Research at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), Diana Thorburn, underscored that women’s roles in organised crime are less visible than men’s during her address at a CAPRI official report launch and discussion on Tuesday under the theme ‘Hits and Misses: Women in Organise Violence.’

Thorburn stated that there is a popular idea of a rising female gangstress in Jamaica, which requires deep understanding to identify how this issue threatens Jamaica’s peace, citizens security, and overall well-being as a country.

Fired and rehired – the dizzying confusion of Trump’s government overhaul

Reading Time: 4 minutesFederal workers responsible for America’s nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among those who have been accidentally fired in President Donald Trump’s rush to lay off tens of thousands of workers.

Hamas says it is investigating possible error over hostage body

Reading Time: 4 minutesHamas said on Friday it was investigating a possible error in identifying human remains handed to Israel under a ceasefire deal as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened retaliation for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas.

Hope turns to heartbreak for Israel’s Bibas hostage family

Reading Time: 4 minutesA few hours after Hamas said it would return the bodies of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her two little children on Thursday, her sister-in-law said she had not given up hope of seeing them return home, alive.

Europe can afford to defend itself without US but needs more coordination, study says

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope needs to spend around 250 billion euros ($261.6 billion) annually in defence investments to secure itself without U.S. support, a sum the bloc could bear given its economic strength, according to a study published on Friday.

Agriculture Ministry, JSIF and World Bank invest $574 million in tilapia hatchery

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, outlined that the ministry will be investing $574 million in a new state-of-the-art hatchery with the support of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the World Bank.

“We are focusing a lot of attention on aquaculture and trying to ensure that we can feed ourselves by having a robust aquaculture sector. We are constructing a new state-of-the-art tilapia hatchery, and that is now 60 per cent complete, which is truly a transformational step in boosting our local aquaculture sector,” Green said.