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Foreign ministry deals with T&T dispute As more Jamaicans complain of shabby treatment in messy rooms JOHNSON SMITH.. incidents like these must be reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade so that we can better represent your interests THE foreign affairs ministry has intervened in the reported abuse of a group of Jamaicans who were denied entry to Trinidad and Tobago last week, even though no formal report has been made to the ministry. At the same time, it is also understood that the twin-island republic’s national security ministry will be meeting with Caribbean Airlines as part of a probe into the incident. The Jamaicans were refused entry and allegedly held in deplorable conditions. The travellers said they were made to sleep on the airport floor, not allowed to use the bathroom, and were mocked and insulted by the Trinidadian po

A house for former homeless mom of four HOME AT LAST: Latoya Williams (centre), the formerly homeless mother with four children, opens the house that Food For The Poor Jamaica and Rainforest Seafoods Limited constructed for her last week. Sharing in the moment is Roger Lyn, Marketing Manager of Rainforest Seafoods. Not long ago, 31-year-old Latoya Williams was facing the reality of being homeless and unemployed with four children, and local authorities threatening to take her children from her. Now, she says she has much to give thanks for, primarily because Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica recently gave her a house. Williams, who now resides along St John’s Road in St Catherine, was evicted bec

'Suicide bomber' claims to be missing Nigeria schoolgirl Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014. The Nigerian government is sending parents to Cameroon to attempt to identify the girl. She told investigators in Cameroon she was one of 270 kidnapped in Chibok by jihadist group Boko Haram. The abductions sparked international outrage and the #bringbackourgirls social media campaign. While about 50 of the girls managed to escape, 219 of these girls remain missing. They were taken by the militants from the Chibok community in northeastern Nigeria. Reuters news agency reported that one of two girls arrested in northern Cameroon on Friday carrying explosives claimed to be one of the missing Chibok girls. The girls were arrested after being stopped by local self-defence forces in Limani near the border with Nigeria, the target of frequent suicide bombings in rece