Jamaican busted at JFK airport with cocaine in patties

January 21, 2017 in Regional

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The United States law enforcement officials have arrested a Jamaican with cocaine in beef patties at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says officers intercepted Chantal Alecia Bedward on arrival on...

Ganja hidden in onion shipment; men charged

January 19, 2017 in Regional

A 64-year-old man, who allegedly tried to ship onions stuffed with 26 pounds of ganja to Antigua, was offered $300,000 bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last Friday. Pershard Smith was held on January 5 after he went to the...

Reema: My granny was a child bride

January 18, 2017 in Regional

IN expressing support for the legislative amendment to the Child Marriage Act, Reema Carmona, wife of President Anthony Carmona, told the story of how her grandmother became a child bride at age 13 and was unable to realise her dream of becoming a teacher. Carmona said...