[caption id="attachment_3844" align="alignright" width="300"] South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius[/caption] Lawyers for jailed South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in December that prosecutors could appeal...
[caption id="attachment_3841" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chris Brown[/caption] NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — R&B star Chris Brown, notorious for brushes with the law including an assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, ditched a performance Tuesday in Canada at the 11th hour after he was barred entry. "Unfortunately I will not...
[caption id="attachment_3838" align="alignleft" width="300"] 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed in February of 2012[/caption] WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A Florida man who was acquitted of murder in the racially charged shooting death of an unarmed black teenager will not face federal hate crime charges, US justice...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The much anticipated amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act was a short while ago passed in the House of Representatives. The debate on the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill, often referred to as the ganja law, was piloted in the House, by Minister of...
[caption id="attachment_3833" align="alignright" width="300"] Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock-DuCasse[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health is reporting that of the notification of 14 deaths suspected to be related to chikungunya, two of those have so far been confirmed as having had the virus. According...