Author: Clivette

Former Jamaica politician found dead; suicide suspected

May 10, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday May 9, 2016 – A former member of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) who was found dead last night is believed to have committed suicide.   Police say that Faye Reid-Jacobs, who unsuccessfully contested the by-election in Westmoreland Central in December 2014 after...

No-confidence motion against Barbados government

May 10, 2016 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday May 9, 2016 – A no-confidence motion against the Freundel Stuart administration will be debated in Parliament today. Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader Mia Mottley said the motion, which was laid in Parliament on May 3, was prompted by the persistent crises...

‘It was like Armageddon’

May 10, 2016 in International

BETTER remuneration was what lured former Kingston port worker Anthony Francis to Fort McMurray, a city of vast deposits of oil sands in north-east Alberta — Canada’s largest oil-producing province. That was three years ago. Today, the 45-year-old heavy-duty mechanic will readily tell you that the...

Catwalk Coaching ensuring the future of modeling

May 10, 2016 in National

(Basseterre; St. Kitts): The future of fashion modeling in the Federation is on the right path when over 20 young children and teens, ranging from the ages of 4-19, participated in a two-day runway workshop. The workshop was hosted by Kittitian Top Model Eusha Johnson and...