KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Triple world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt received a diplomatic passport from Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding Thursday. The 23-year-old received the document, which allows him to travel overseas as an ambassador-at-large, during a brief ceremony at Golding's Jamaica House office. "This is a big thing for me and I will try to do my ...

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country's parliament would not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power. "I make no apology in saying decisively and emphatically that the government of Jamaica remains irrevocably opposed to the recognition, legitimization or acceptance of same-sex marriages or same-sex unions," Golding said on Tuesday. The prime minister was opening parliamentary debate ...

More than 100 registered nurses in Jamaica have suspended a strike after the government agreed to review their demands for higher wages and more benefits. Labor Minister Pearnel Charles says Prime Minister Bruce Golding will announce details on Monday. The health ministry says hospitals were forced to cancel elective surgeries and discharge non-critical patients. It says hospitals in rural Clarendon ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica will grant diplomatic privileges to triple Olympic and world champion sprinter Usain Bolt and name a highway after him, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said on Tuesday. Golding said Bolt's extraordinary performance for Jamaica had earned him the right to be called "ambassador" with full diplomatic privileges, including a diplomatic passport. Highway 2000, linking several of the ...