MARYLAND, United States, Friday May 9, 2016 –Shanique Myrie has again come out of the winning side of a court battle. The Jamaican, who successfully sued the Barbados government five years ago, has been acquitted in the United States of an assault charge. The charge...
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...
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...
Attorney General, Levi Peter, has said he is concerned over certain utterances being made in the media,especially the airwaves, that incite violence and the government needs to make sure there are proper consequences in place to deal with them. He said although there are provisions in...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday May 6, 2016 – There will be 1,000 safety and security officers in Jamaica’s public schools come September, as authorities try to deal with indiscipline in the island’s learning institutions. “Safety and security in schools is part of the strategic priorities of...