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Adams taps second pick to replace Barbadian Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix as corporation counsel

After his first nominee, Randy Mastro, withdrew his candidacy to succeed Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix as New York City’s Corporation Counsel, embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced his intention to nominate Muriel Goode-Trufant as the city’s next corporation counsel. Adams said Goode-Trufant is a longtime public servant, having spent more than 30 years in the New York City Department of Law, where she has served as acting […]

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Jamaican Chief Justice slams PSOJ’s holiday proposal

The Private Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) recently presented a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Entertainment, Gender, and Sports arguing that there be a merging of two significant holidays, the celebrations of Independence Day and the celebration of  Emancipation Day, allowing this to become a single extended weekend holiday. In this case, amalgamating both holidays into what would be called emancipendence day. In response to the PSOJ proposal, Chief Justice […]

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From annoying seaweed to vehicle fuel: Turning ocean waste into sustainable energy

Regional governments, the tourism and hospitality sector, and the private sector may soon find it fitting to thank the University of the West Indies campus in Barbados and several postgraduate students for showing how the Caribbean can convert the tons of sargassum seaweed that wash up on shores almost every day to commercial uses. The campus recently unveiled what is being billed as one of the planet’s first vehicles to […]

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