[caption id="attachment_10093" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tennis star Maria Sharapova speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, March 7, 2016. Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open[/caption] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sharapova's tennis career and Olympic hopes are in...
The Jamaica Observer has learnt that the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has set a hearing for March 23 at an undisclosed location for Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Andre Russell to answer charges of a whereabouts rule violation. However, it is unlikely that Russell, who has...
A three-day regional workshop aimed at providing an assessment of the capacities, activities and needs of the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat began here on Monday with a senior regional public servant calling for increased involvement of women in the electoral process. CARICOM Deputy Secretary-Genera, Ambassador...
[caption id="attachment_10085" align="alignright" width="300"] Terry Bollea, known as professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, testifies in his case against the news website Gawker in St. Petersburg, Florida March 7, 2016.[/caption] As a larger-than-life celebrity, Hulk Hogan considered it entertainment when he embellished his sex life but the Gawker...
The island’s parish councils want to be able to make regulations that will enable them to earn fees from commercial activities relating to ganja. The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) council meeting yesterday supported a resolution passed by the St Catherine Parish Council on January...