PARIS, France (AFP) – Media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation released Thursday. "There has been an overall deterioration linked...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The Electoral Council has released a schedule that will allow voters to elect a new legislative assembly as well as the first round of the presidential election. The nine-member Electoral Council, tasked with organizing a series of elections this year,...
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 10, CMC – St. Lucia was struck by a “burst” of earthquakes on Monday, but disaster officials said there were no reports of injuries or damages. The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said that it had been informed by the Trinidad-based Seismic...
[caption id="attachment_1215" align="alignleft" width="300"] Attorney General, Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin[/caption] Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin said he does not intend to give ‘absolute privilege’ to parliamentarians in the proposed Defamation Act. Absolute privilege is a complete defense to an action for defamation in English law. If the defence of...
[caption id="attachment_3347" align="alignleft" width="300"] Free up the guns[/caption] PROMINENT Jamaican lawyer Captain Paul Beswick wants legislation to be passed that will allow ordinary Jamaicans to be able to own and carry guns. Beswick, who spent 23 years in the Jamaica Defence Force, most of the time at...