KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 which was passed by both Houses of Parliament in February has been gazetted. The amended law will come into effect on April 15. The following is a release in full from the Ministry of Justice: The Dangerous Drugs...
[caption id="attachment_4754" align="alignleft" width="300"] Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (third right, front row); President of the United States, Barack Obama (fourth left, front row); and CARICOM Heads of State and Government pose for an official photograph prior to the start of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US...
The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central (ECCB) has conceded to imperfections in the proposed Banking Act, denied that it’s a move to canvas more power, and stressed the urgency of the law in preventing a banking calamity. During an hour-long exclusive interview with OBSERVER media,...
[caption id="attachment_4742" align="alignleft" width="300"] Isis Fighters[/caption] PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) - Suriname police said a 16-year-old boy from Jamaica was refused passage through Suriname on Saturday after Immigrations officers suspected that he was travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) through Turkey. In a...
[caption id="attachment_4730" align="alignleft" width="300"] ‘RANT UNLIKELY TO HURT CHRONIXX’[/caption] SINGJAY Chronixx's controversial 'waste man' Instagram reference to American President Barack Obama is unlikely to harm his career in the United States, says music industry veteran Gary 'Doctor Dread' Himelfarb. Obama, who arrived in Jamaica last Wednesday, was...