The tourism-dependent Caribbean region is expected to suffer more than many of its neighbors in Latin America as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlined during its 2020 Spring Meetings. Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF's Western Hemisphere department, said in...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has reduced the time that dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his three co-convicts must serve before becoming eligible for parole. The meager two and a half year sentence reductions were granted after the appellate court found an oversight in the trial...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – Thanks to proactive measures put in place by the government and the cooperation of residents, Premier Andrew A. Fahie of the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday reported that the current 24-hour curfew scheduled to end on Sunday April 19 will...
A same-sex couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the country’s COVID-19 curfew. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Jeremiah Browne and Shiamar Tashaka Callender, 34, both of 8th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church pleaded guilty to disobeying a national directive and being outdoors on April...
CRIME Watch talk show host Ian Alleyne will remain in quarantine at the Caura Hospital for another day, as his legal challenge of his detention has been adjourned to Thursday. Alleyne has asked the court to order his release from quarantine, claiming he is being held...