Mystery killings shock Annotto Bay

September 09, 2016 in Regional

ANNOTTO BAY, St, Mary — Loud explosions early yesterday morning drove fear into the hearts of residents of this seaside town on Jamaica’s north-eastern coast. After they called the police at approximately 6:15, their fear gave way to shock with the gruesome discovery of the bodies...

Claims of injustice, racism as UK deports 42 Jamaicans

September 08, 2016 in Regional

Despite a protest staged outside the Jamaican High Commission in London Tuesday, the British Government deported 42 Jamaicans amid claims that they were tricked and that the expulsions were unjust. The deportees, some carrying only one bag of personal possessions, arrived in Kingston on a chartered...

Dominica confirms seven Zika cases among pregnant women

September 08, 2016 in Regional

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica has confirmed that seven pregnant women had contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus in addition to two other cases of persons with the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness, and...

Opposition decries mass deportation of J’cans from UK

September 07, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has decried the mass deportation of Jamaicans who have been living in the United Kingdom for several years. The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, yesterday reported that protesters gathered outside the Jamaican high commission in south-west...