Following what he described as a successful protest outside the Jamaican consulate-general’s office in Miami, Florida, United States (US), yesterday, Dr Rupert Francis, chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention.
A group of members of the Jamaican diaspora, who remain unhappy with the Government’s stewardship, including its failure to put a lid on the country’s rampant crime, violence, and corruption, are pressing ahead with the first of its countrywide.
A letter sent to Audrey Marks, Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, by members of the diaspora giving notice of a countrywide protest, has stirred unease among other Jamaicans domiciled overseas who believe that its contents could harm the.
WILMINGTON, Del. President-elect Joe Biden introduced his team of scientific advisers on Saturday, saying they will lead with “science and truth. We believe in both.”
Biden is elevating the position of science adviser to Cabinet level, a White House first. He called Eric Lander, a pioneer in mapping the human genome is in line to be director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, “one of the most brilliant guys I know.”
Lander is the founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome.