Author: Clivette

Craig Wins Senior Monarch Calypso Finals

December 30, 2016 in National

Calypso Craig is a first time kaiso King winning the calypso finals at Carnival Village on Thursday night dethroning King Astro in the process. Craig had reached the finals several times over the years but never won it all until last night. Craig won with 776 pts...

Diplomat to repay money

December 30, 2016 in Regional

Hours after he was asked to explain his involvement in a bribery scandal, Antigua & Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Casroy James has denied accepting bribe money and has agreed to repay sums, he claims, were paid to him for independent consultancy work. Prime...

A bad year for murders

December 30, 2016 in Regional

Christmas Day in Jamaica: there's a relaxed game of dominos at a shop in Hendon Norwood, in St James. A man and a woman rush in, fleeing a carload of gunmen. There's a burst of bullets: four dead. That's just a mile or so from...