Family feud

November 08, 2019 in Regional

A family of 14, including seven young children, was today evicted from their Evelyn’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael home today after a court sided with the family’s elderly matriarch. But amid chaotic scenes and pouring rain, a bitter family drama played out on the street as...

Jamaica making progress on Cannabis

October 28, 2019 in Regional

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, says progress is being made in the build-out of the local medical cannabis industry, with work advanced on regulations and guidelines. He said the Ministry is in receipt of the first draft...

AG blames India for CIP blunder in Choksi case

October 25, 2019 in Regional

The Legal Affairs Minister, Steadroy Benjamin, is laying the blame for the issuance of an Antigua and Barbuda passport to Indian accused fraudster, Mehul Choksi, squarely on the Indian authorities. Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI...

HAITI- President Moise says he will not resign

October 16, 2019 in Regional

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Embattled Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, says he has no plans of encouraging another 1986, when then President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier fled the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country after protracted opposition led demonstrations against his administration. Moise, speaking for the...