Author: Clivette

University Act goes to Parliament

August 26, 2016 in Regional

Despite fresh protest, government has made its strongest statement yet about turning the Five Islands Facility into the University Campus of Antigua & Barbuda. Education Minister Michael Browne said the attorney general will draft the University Act of 2016, which will have its first reading next...

Murder only serious crime moving up

August 26, 2016 in Regional

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has reported a 2.4 per cent increase in Jamaica’s murder rate for the first six months of the year, when compared to the corresponding period in 2015. Outside of murder, the country, however, had a 22.8 per cent decline in...