KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr Zoe Simpson, says evidence from the centre’s recruitment activities is suggesting a decline in pregnancy among adolescent teens. “We have not done the empirical research; however, by virtue of the fact...
The Free & Fair Elections League (F&FEL) has indicated it will appeal the recent High Court judgement that dismissed its challenge to the number of parliamentarians in Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s Cabinet. According to Secretary of the F&FEL, George Rick James, the appeal to the Eastern...
President of the Antigua & Barbuda Drag Racing Association, Lisa Abraham, (ABDRA) is advising drivers to exercise caution while navigating the roads. Issuing the caution shortly after the country recorded four road fatalities for the year to date – three during Carnival and the first on...
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A woman was hospitalised after she was reportedly shot during a police operation in Jerusalem Mountain in Westmoreland early this morning. The police have reported that an AK-47 assault rifle with six 7.26 rounds and a 12-gauge shotgun with two cartridges were seized...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Traffic at Dubai airport remained disrupted Thursday with 237 flights cancelled, a day after an Emirates plane crash-landed and shut down the Middle East's busiest airport for several hours. Dubai Airports authority said it cancelled 116 arriving flights and another...