Author: Clivette

Diplomat to repay money

December 30, 2016 in Regional

Hours after he was asked to explain his involvement in a bribery scandal, Antigua & Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Casroy James has denied accepting bribe money and has agreed to repay sums, he claims, were paid to him for independent consultancy work. Prime...

A bad year for murders

December 30, 2016 in Regional

Christmas Day in Jamaica: there's a relaxed game of dominos at a shop in Hendon Norwood, in St James. A man and a woman rush in, fleeing a carload of gunmen. There's a burst of bullets: four dead. That's just a mile or so from...

Trump slams ‘inflammatory’ Obama

December 29, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_15242" align="alignleft" width="300"] WASHINGTON, DC, United States — US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Republican President-elect Donald Trump after their meeting on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House yesterday.[/caption] PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — US president-elect Donald Trump poured...