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  • Vershon, A’Legends salute all mothers

    Vershon, A’Legends salute all mothers

    Jamaican dancehall recording artist Vershon has reunited with Los Angeles-based producer Jenelle Alexia, head of A’Legends Productions, to launch his second heartfelt single titled *A Mother Like You*. The track is pulled from the artist’s highly anticipated upcoming extended play (EP), *To A Queen*.

    The new single made its official debut on Wednesday, May 6 — a date that coincided with Jamaica’s annual national Teachers’ Day celebrations, and fell just four days ahead of the global observation of Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 10. According to Alexia, the overlapping release date with Teachers’ Day was an unplanned happy accident, rather than a pre-arranged marketing move.

    “It was a mere coincidence that I had set the release date on Teachers’ Day in Jamaica. This goes to show that when the universe aligns all things work together for the good,” she shared in a post-release statement.

    As a mother herself, Alexia brings a deeply personal perspective to the project. She explained that the tribute single extends beyond celebrating biological mothers, aiming to honor the diverse array of mother figures that play irreplaceable roles in communities and families across the world. From stepmothers and foster caregivers to aunts, teachers and mentors who step into maternal roles, the track is crafted to recognize all women who offer nurturing support.

    “I decided it was needed at this time to inspire all mothers and all women to push on through the struggles and to let them know how loved they are and appreciated for all they do,” Alexia added, outlining the core mission behind the collaboration.

    To complement the audio release, the official music video for *A Mother Like You* premiered in sync with Mother’s Day on May 10, giving audiences a visual companion to the heartfelt tribute just in time for their own family celebrations of maternal love.

  • Texas lawsuit accuses Netflix of illegal data collection

    Texas lawsuit accuses Netflix of illegal data collection

    DALLAS, TEXAS – In a high-profile legal action filed Monday, Texas’ top law enforcement official has brought a landmark lawsuit against global streaming leader Netflix, leveling serious claims that the company violates state consumer protection rules through unauthorized user data harvesting and deliberately addictive platform design. In the explosive opening of his 59-page complaint filed at a Dallas-area state court, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton cut straight to the heart of his allegations: “When you watch Netflix, Netflix watches you.”

    Per an official press release accompanying the suit, Paxton argues that Netflix operates as an unrestricted giant data warehouse, continuously tracking and recording not just users’ viewing histories and content preferences, but a wide range of what he calls “sensitive behavioral data” — with children and teen users among those improperly monitored. The complaint further alleges that Netflix monetizes this harvested personal information by sharing granular user insights with third-party advertisers, enabling highly targeted ad campaigns that generate billions in revenue for the company at the expense of consumer privacy.

    A second core allegation centers on Netflix’s deliberate use of platform features designed to foster compulsive viewing, particularly among vulnerable young users. The most prominent example cited is the platform’s default-enabled autoplay function, which is activated for all users including children, automatically loading the next episode of a series immediately after the previous one ends. Paxton stresses that this feature removes natural stopping points for viewing, encouraging extended, addictive binge-watching habits that disproportionately impact minors.

    In his public statement, Paxton pushed back against Netflix’s long-held public branding, saying: “Netflix is not the ad-free and kid-friendly platform it claims to be. Instead, it has misled consumers while exploiting their private data to make billions.”

    The legal action comes amid a heated Republican primary race for U.S. Senate, where Paxton is challenging long-serving incumbent Senator John Cornyn for the party’s nomination. The lawsuit seeks immediate court injunctions to block Netflix from continuing to collect or share consumer data for the duration of the litigation. It also requests civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each confirmed violation of Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which could amount to massive financial penalties given the scale of Netflix’s user base in the state.

    As of Tuesday morning, Netflix has not yet issued a public response to the allegations laid out in the suit.

  • Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands

    Spain says final hantavirus ship evacuees to take plane to Netherlands

    GRANADILLA DE ABONA, SPAIN – A last-minute change has been made to the evacuation plan for the final group of passengers stranded on a cruise ship rocked by a deadly hantavirus outbreak off Spain’s coast, the country’s top health official confirmed Sunday. Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia announced that all 22 remaining evacuees will depart for the Netherlands on a single chartered flight Monday, scrapping the original arrangement that would have split the group across two separate flights bound for different countries.

    The adjustment came after Australian authorities notified Spanish officials that they could not ensure their chartered evacuation aircraft would reach the Canary Islands departure point on schedule. Under the revised plan, Australian citizens who were originally slated to travel on their country’s dedicated flight will now board the Netherlands-bound plane alongside other remaining passengers, Garcia confirmed.

    The change comes amid ongoing public health protocols to contain the hantavirus outbreak that has already claimed lives on board the vessel, with officials working to speed up the repatriation of all remaining passengers while minimizing additional public health risks.

  • Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands

    Last evacuation flights from hantavirus ship land in Netherlands

    EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – The final pair of evacuation flights carrying people pulled from the hantavirus-outbreak cruise ship MV Hondius have touched down on Dutch soil, according to on-the-ground reporting from Agence France-Presse. In total, 28 evacuees – encompassing passengers, crew members and responding medical personnel – were aboard the two aircraft, confirmed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    The first jet to land carried six former passengers of the expedition vessel. Of that group, four hold Australian citizenship, one is from New Zealand, and the sixth is a British national who resides in Australia. Following disembarkation, these six travelers will enter a government-run quarantine facility located near Eindhoven Airport before they are arranged for repatriation back to Australia. Photographs and witness accounts show the group stepping off the air ambulance clad in full white protective medical overalls and face coverings, holding small white bags holding their personal items, before being escorted into the airport terminal for processing.

    The second flight carried the remaining evacuated personnel: 19 crew members from the ship, one British physician, and two leading epidemiologists – one deployed by the World Health Organization, and the second from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Unlike the quarantined passengers, this group disembarked without full protective gear, though all kept their face masks in place while carrying larger white sacks of their personal belongings off the plane.

    While the evacuation of most personnel is now complete, the MV Hondius itself is currently en route across the Atlantic from Tenerife, Spain, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where it will undergo a full professional disinfection once docked. As of a statement released by the ship’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, on Monday, 25 crew members and two attending medical staff remain on board the vessel during its voyage to Rotterdam. The ship is also transporting the remains of a German passenger who died after contracting the virus during the expedition.

  • World has weeks to avert ‘humanitarian crisis’ over Hormuz fertiliser blockade, says UN official

    World has weeks to avert ‘humanitarian crisis’ over Hormuz fertiliser blockade, says UN official

    In an exclusive interview with AFP in Paris on Monday, the head of a United Nations task force assembled to address an emerging global humanitarian catastrophe issued a stark, time-sensitive warning: without immediate action to reopen fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, tens of millions of vulnerable people across the globe could be pushed into acute hunger and starvation. Jorge Moreira da Silva, who serves as both executive director of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the leader of this crisis-response task force, emphasized that the international community has only a narrow window of just a few weeks to intervene and avert an unprecedented food security disaster. Delays in securing safe passage for critical agricultural inputs, he explained, will trigger a domino effect that pushes an additional 45 million people into conditions of hunger and life-threatening starvation, a crisis that would ripple through low-income and food-import dependent nations across multiple continents. The Strait of Hormuz, a strategic global shipping chokepoint that carries a significant share of the world’s fertilizer and related raw material shipments, has faced growing navigation disruptions in recent months, driving up input costs and leaving farmers in vulnerable regions unable to secure the supplies they need for upcoming planting cycles. Moreira da Silva’s warning comes amid escalating global concerns over persistent food insecurity, which has been compounded by ongoing shipping disruptions, rising commodity prices, and conflicting geopolitical priorities that have slowed targeted action to protect critical food supply chains.

  • Seiveright highlights Jamaica’s growing investment momentum at Ireland business reception

    Seiveright highlights Jamaica’s growing investment momentum at Ireland business reception

    DUBLIN, Ireland — On a crisp Monday evening in the Irish capital, Jamaica’s junior trade and investment minister Delano Seiveright took the stage at a high-profile industry reception to lay out the Caribbean nation’s compelling case for stronger commercial collaboration with Ireland, as part of a wider government-led trade and investment mission across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

    Organized by Jamaica’s national investment promotion agency JAMPRO (Jamaica Promotions Corporation) under the oversight of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the invitation-only event brought together a diverse cross-section of stakeholders: top Irish corporate executives, the Jamaican private sector delegation accompanying the mission, senior leaders from JAMPRO and the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), members of the large Jamaican diaspora based in Ireland, and other key industry partners.

    Opening his remarks, which wove together cultural common ground and targeted investment outreach, Seiveright framed the formal deepening of engagement between the two nations as long overdue. As two English-speaking island nations deeply integrated into global supply chains and commercial networks, he argued, Jamaica and Ireland share a surprising number of overlapping strengths that create natural openings for expanded two-way trade, cross-border investment, and long-term commercial partnership.

    Seiveright drew parallels between the two countries, pointing to shared traits including robust democratic governance, world-renowned cultural exports, large, globally connected diaspora networks, universal English proficiency, a proven history of economic resilience, and a widespread culture of entrepreneurship.

    “Ireland has pulled off one of the modern era’s most remarkable economic transformations, emerging as a global success story for investment and innovation across technology, pharmaceuticals, aviation leasing, and food production and export,” Seiveright noted. “Today, Jamaica is pursuing its own ambitious national transformation, focused on growing high-potential sectors including logistics, tourism, digital services, advanced manufacturing, agro-processing, renewable energy, and large-scale infrastructure development.”

    To illustrate the existing global brand recognition both nations enjoy, Seiveright name-checked iconic Irish household brands such as Guinness, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Ryanair and Kerry Group, alongside Jamaica’s own globally recognized portfolio of brands including Red Stripe beer, Appleton Estate rum, GraceKennedy, Sandals Resorts and Wisynco. He highlighted Digicel, the pan-Caribbean telecommunications giant founded by Irish entrepreneur Denis O’Brien, as a tangible, already successful example of deep Irish investment in Jamaica that has delivered widespread benefits across the island and the broader Caribbean region.

    During the address, Seiveright walked attendees through Jamaica’s steadily improving macroeconomic fundamentals and evolving investment landscape, noting the country now boasts historic lows in unemployment, a significantly reduced debt-to-GDP ratio, fast-expanding logistics infrastructure, and growing confidence from international institutional investors. He detailed a wide pipeline of major ongoing and completed investments across Jamaica, led by both international and local players spanning key growth sectors from tourism to energy, logistics, mining, infrastructure, agro-processing and real estate.

    Major projects highlighted include the ongoing expansion of US-based Excelerate Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and energy operations in Jamaica; large-scale tourism expansion by Spain’s Palladium Hotel Group and Princess Hotels; the Moon Palace resort development in St James led by Mexico’s Palace Resorts; the luxury Pinnacle residential development in Montego Bay; large-scale agro-processing and sugar modernization projects with regional and international partners in Clarendon; and growing operations by US-Swiss building materials firm Amrize, which now runs Jamaica Aggregates on the island. Seiveright also underscored the continued expansion and investment by leading homegrown Jamaican corporations including Sandals Resorts International, GraceKennedy, Wisynco and Seprod, alongside rapid growth in the country’s logistics and digital services sectors.

    Beyond core economic metrics, Seiveright updated attendees on Jamaica’s progress in two key areas that impact long-term investment attractiveness: post-disaster recovery and public safety. He outlined the country’s rapid recovery and reconstruction work in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, highlighting the role of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) and the government’s FAST (Facilitated Acceleration of Strategic Transformation) Jamaica initiative in speeding up infrastructure delivery and boosting national climate resilience. He also noted that Jamaica has achieved a dramatic reduction in violent crime, with the national murder rate falling by more than 40% in 2025, a major milestone for improving quality of life and business operating conditions.

    Seiveright paid tribute to the leadership of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and industry, investment and commerce minister Senator Aubyn Hill for driving the country’s ongoing economic reform and international business development agenda. The trade and investment mission will continue through the week, with additional scheduled meetings with Irish and UK cabinet ministers, C-suite business leaders, institutional investors, trade stakeholders and diaspora representatives across both countries, as Jamaica ramps up efforts to boost export growth, attract new foreign direct investment, and deepen its network of international commercial partnerships.

    Joining Seiveright at the Dublin reception were JAMPRO President Shullette Cox, JSEZA representatives, members of the Jamaican business delegation, and Jamaica’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Ireland, Alexander Williams.

  • Trinidad says oil spill adequately dealt with, despite concerns from Venezuela

    Trinidad says oil spill adequately dealt with, despite concerns from Venezuela

    PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – A cross-border diplomatic dispute has broken out over an early May oil spill in the Gulf of Paria, with Venezuelan authorities decrying severe regional environmental damage and Trinidad and Tobago’s government insisting the incident was small, contained quickly, and properly addressed.

    The spill was first detected on May 1 at Trinidad and Tobago’s Main offshore oil field. According to the nation’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), crews halted the leak the same day it was discovered, completed repairs, and restored full operations to the site by May 2. Heritage Petroleum Company Limited, the operator of the field, immediately notified local regulators, the coast guard, and the national Environmental Management Authority after identifying the spill, MEEI explained. After receiving official approval, chemical dispersants were deployed between six and eight nautical miles from the shared Trinidad-Venezuela border, a proactive step based on early spill trajectory modeling that showed untreated oil could cross into Venezuelan waters.

    MEEI’s assessment confirms that the dispersant successfully broke down the hydrocarbon, with follow-up inspections using drone surveillance and surface vessels finding no visible trace of oil remaining on the water. Officials estimate the total spill volume at just 10 barrels, and note that daily monitoring of all offshore operations has not uncovered any additional leaks. The spill, Energy Minister Dr. Roodal Moonilal emphasized, was a minor event contained entirely within 48 hours with no major environmental impact. Moonilal added that the leak was tied to decades of neglected, aging oil infrastructure left behind by the former People’s National Movement (PNM) government, saying deteriorated pipelines have increased the overall risk of such incidents.

    However, the incident has sparked international pushback from neighboring Venezuela, which says the spill has caused irreversible harm to coastal ecosystems in its Sucre and Delta Amacuro states. In a weekend statement, Venezuelan authorities reported that official environmental assessments found severe threats to the region’s mangroves, wetlands, marine wildlife, and hydrobiological resources critical to both local food security and regional ecological balance. The government added that the spill has already harmed vulnerable species and high-sensitivity ecosystems, prompting it to direct its foreign ministry to formally request full details on the incident, a copy of Trinidad and Tobago’s mitigation and containment plan, and immediate compliance with international environmental law obligations to provide reparations for the documented damage.

    Domestically, the Trinidad and Tobago government is also facing pressure from opposition figures. Former energy minister Stuart Young of the PNM is calling for a full formal investigation, alleging that both Heritage Petroleum and the current administration deliberately covered up what he calls a major offshore spill, hiding critical information from the public for weeks. “It is clear that both Heritage and the Government sought to cover up and hide a major offshore oil spill, which is a significant environmental event,” Young said, demanding an inquiry to identify which officials were responsible for suppressing information about the May 1 incident.

    Despite the disagreements, MEEI has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and cross-border cooperation. The ministry says it stands ready to share all requested additional information with local and international authorities, and is open to collaborating with Venezuelan counterparts to develop a formal joint framework for responding to future transboundary oil spill incidents along their shared maritime border. “The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries remains committed to ensuring that all of its stakeholders operate in a manner which advances the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s commitment to protection of the environment in keeping with domestic law and international obligations,” the ministry’s statement concluded.

  • St Ann healthcare trailblazer Dorrett Wood Brown celebrates 100th birthday

    St Ann healthcare trailblazer Dorrett Wood Brown celebrates 100th birthday

    On a warm April day in St Ann, Jamaica, a trailblazing figure in local maternal and prenatal care gathered with loved ones to mark a rare and remarkable milestone: Dorrett Wood Brown’s 100th birthday. Born in Bethany in 1926 as the second of eight children, Brown now stands as the last surviving member of her childhood generation, a centenarian whose life has been defined by service, faith, and entrepreneurial courage at a time when few Black women owned independent businesses.

    Brown’s path to transforming local maternity care began in the early 1950s, when a doctor and pastor offered her the opportunity to pursue nursing training in England. For nine years, she honed her clinical skills abroad, preparing to return home and contribute to her community. When she came back to Jamaica in 1960 to care for her ailing mother, unforeseen administrative missteps led her to surrender her British passport and withdraw her accumulated pension savings. Rather than letting this setback derail her plans, Brown repurposed those funds to launch the Resthaven maternity home in Brown’s Town in 1961, cementing her status as the parish’s first pioneer of dedicated private maternal and prenatal care. After her marriage in 1967, the facility was renamed Woodhaven in honor of her new family.

    Unlike many women of her era who worked under established institutions, Brown built and ran her business entirely on her own. Her adopted daughter Ruth Heron, one of four children Brown welcomed into her home, recalled that the midwife did not only deliver babies: she hosted new mothers for weeks of postnatal care, teaching them essential skills for infant nursing, bathing, and long-term childcare. Heron emphasized that for a Black woman to own and operate an independent business in 1960s Jamaica was a revolutionary achievement. “She never worked for anybody. She always worked full-time… She was a proper entrepreneur,” Heron explained.

    Beyond her professional work, Brown’s life has been shaped by a deep Christian faith that drove her to care for marginalized and isolated community members. Even when her own family was small, Heron remembered, Christmas dinner regularly hosted 15 to 16 guests – people who had no other family to celebrate with. If anyone in need knocked on her door asking for help, Brown would give them what she could, even if it stretched her own resources thin. Her commitment to service extended to her work with the Baptist Women’s Federation, where she served as president in the 1970s; representatives from the organization joined her for the centennial celebration.

    Though Brown has faced declining health in her final years, losing her sight and living with dementia for the past six months, her family says her faith remains unshaken. She still recites long-memorized Bible verses from memory, and her core values of service and care have been passed down to the next generation. One of her adopted twin daughters, Karen Weir, followed directly in Brown’s footsteps, opening the Happy Smile Care Home for elderly residents in St Ann, inspired by the example of care she grew up with.

    Weir, an educator, recalled Brown’s strict but loving approach to raising her children: she required regular Sunday school attendance, enforced strict table manners, and prioritized teaching independence – skills Weir says have served her well in adulthood. Even with her dementia, Weir noted, Brown’s long-term memory remains intact, and she does not look her 100 years. Joining family, friends, and federation members at the celebration was Monique Richards from Jamaica’s National Council for Senior Citizens, who came to honor the centenarian’s decades of contributions to the community.

    Speaking to Observer Online at the celebration, Brown expressed gratitude for the life she has lived. “I feel happy. I just thank God. I find it very difficult to find the words to describe the feeling,” she said, acknowledging her parents’ role in her upbringing and adding, “The Lord’s blessing is on me.” For her family and the thousands of families she cared for through her maternity home, that blessing has extended far beyond Brown herself, leaving a lasting legacy of care, entrepreneurship, and compassion in St Ann.

  • Trinidad footballer dies after collapsing at match

    Trinidad footballer dies after collapsing at match

    In a devastating loss for Trinidad and Tobago’s local football community, beloved former professional midfielder Randy Ramcharan passed away suddenly on Saturday after experiencing an unexpected medical emergency late in an over-40 alumni match, local media has confirmed. He was just weeks away from celebrating his 46th birthday in June.

    Ramcharan, who earned acclaim as one of the most talented midfielders to ever suit up for St Augustine Secondary’s celebrated “Green Machine” program, was competing alongside the school’s former players in the tournament’s final when his health took a sudden turn for the worse. Witness accounts confirm the fan-favorite athlete only managed 15 minutes of game play before signaling to the coaching staff that he needed to come off the pitch.

    It was while Ramcharan sat on the substitution bench that his close childhood friend and former schoolmate Brian Bain noticed he had slumped over unresponsive. Play was immediately halted as fellow players, coaches and medical staff rushed to provide emergency resuscitation efforts in a desperate attempt to revive him. Those efforts ultimately failed, and Ramcharan was pronounced dead shortly after being transported to the Chaguanas Health Centre.

    Nickella Ramcharan, the fallen footballer’s sister, has told reporters that an initial unofficial cause of death points to a sudden heart attack. Beyond his high school football career, Ramcharan went on to compete at the top level of Trinidadian football, lining up for top-flight TT Pro League clubs Caledonia AIA and Doc’s Khelwalaas. Tributes have poured in from across the local football scene, with friends and former teammates remembering Ramcharan as a spirited, kind-hearted person and a uniquely gifted athlete who dedicated his life to the sport he loved. He died doing what he loved most, surrounded by the teammates and friends he shared decades of football memories with.

  • Fae Ellington criticises ‘vulgar’ songs on Hill & Gully riddim

    Fae Ellington criticises ‘vulgar’ songs on Hill & Gully riddim

    KINGSTON, Jamaica — A towering figure in Jamaican media and cultural stewardship has sparked a nationwide conversation about artistic integrity and cultural heritage, after calling out multiple top dancehall performers for what she frames as the erosion of a beloved national cultural treasure through lewd, offensive lyricism. In a public critique posted to her official YouTube channel over the weekend, veteran broadcaster and cultural expert Fae Ellington pulled no punches against artists who contributed explicit verses to the newly revived Hill & Gully riddim, produced by acclaimed Jamaican producer Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor.

    Hill an’ Gully Rider, the original work at the center of the debate, is a foundational Jamaican folk and mento composition dating back to the 1800s, woven into the fabric of the island’s national identity for generations. In late April 2026, McGregor breathed new life into the classic by reimagining it as a modern dancehall riddim, a project that quickly gained traction across the Caribbean and global reggae scenes. Headlined by Masicka’s viral hit Slip & Slide, the compilation has drawn collaborations from some of the biggest names in contemporary dancehall, including Elephant Man, Valiant, Govana, Ganggoolie and Skippa.

    Ellington, who has built a 50-plus-year career spanning Jamaican theatre, radio and national television broadcasting, said the reworked lyrics left her deeply shaken. “When I hear persons changing the lyrics of Hill an’ Gully Rider to vulgarity, it pains me, it hits me in a place I cannot explain, I get numb,” she shared in the video address, adding that she had spent days grappling with how to publicly address her concerns.

    In a passionate rebuke of the participating artists, Ellington questioned their commitment to protecting Jamaica’s cultural legacy, pushing back against the idea that chasing viral fame and profit justifies compromising foundational national traditions. “Mi angry, mi angry. Unuh supposed to know better. It cannot be because you want to get some likes and you want to make some money and you want it go wide, yes it going to go wide and far and I wonder how you will be viewed. All of you who have decided to get down into the gutter, all of you who have decided to get slack and nasty. Hill an’ Gully Rider, Emmanuel Road? Unuh understand unuh heritage?” she asked.

    Ellington drew a sharp parallel between the modified lyrics and defacing Jamaica’s national anthem, arguing that the island’s irreplaceable cultural heritage deserves the same level of reverence as its most sacred national symbols. “It is like treating your anthem, hearing the instrumental version of your anthem and start sing all kind of nastiness on top of it. We have gone totally over the cliff, we not on the brink anymore,” she said.

    Notably, Ellington stopped short of criticizing the entire revival project. She offered warm praise to McGregor for his initiative to bring the centuries-old folk classic to the attention of younger Jamaican audiences, a goal she called valuable and necessary. Even so, she stressed that cultural identity and folk traditions should never be sidelined in pursuit of streaming numbers or commercial success.

    “Congrats Stephen but a number of people have decided to put certain kinds of lyrics to this thing, not understanding that they are defacing our culture, that they are putting us in a place that we will have to explain to our children,” she said, reiterating that Jamaican artists have a responsibility to uphold the standards of the nation’s cultural legacy.

    Ellington also singled out an unnamed female artist on the riddim for specific criticism, issuing a clear warning that Jamaican heritage is not a commodity to be exploited for clout. “Our heritage is not to be trifled with, and if you think it’s ok to go to that level, you know something is wrong,” she said. To push for formal accountability, she has publicly called on Jamaican Culture Minister Olivia Grange to release an official public statement addressing the controversy.