Claims of injustice, racism as UK deports 42 Jamaicans

September 08, 2016 in Regional

Despite a protest staged outside the Jamaican High Commission in London Tuesday, the British Government deported 42 Jamaicans amid claims that they were tricked and that the expulsions were unjust. The deportees, some carrying only one bag of personal possessions, arrived in Kingston on a chartered...

Dominica confirms seven Zika cases among pregnant women

September 08, 2016 in Regional

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica has confirmed that seven pregnant women had contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus in addition to two other cases of persons with the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness, and...

Opposition decries mass deportation of J’cans from UK

September 07, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has decried the mass deportation of Jamaicans who have been living in the United Kingdom for several years. The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, yesterday reported that protesters gathered outside the Jamaican high commission in south-west...

Father and son remanded for drug possession

September 07, 2016 in Regional

A father and son who were brought before the court on drug charges, have been remanded to prison after they could not come up with the $50,000 cash component of their bail. Fifty-three-year-old Derrick Arnold George and 21-year-old Huganjah Derrick George of Christian Valley are jointly...