Father and son remanded for drug possession

September 07, 2016 in Regional

A father and son who were brought before the court on drug charges, have been remanded to prison after they could not come up with the $50,000 cash component of their bail. Fifty-three-year-old Derrick Arnold George and 21-year-old Huganjah Derrick George of Christian Valley are jointly...

Six year old kicked out of school

September 07, 2016 in Regional

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Association of Persons with Disabilities (ABAPD), Bernard Warner has cried “victimisation”, after his six-year-old daughter was reportedly thrown out of a primary school without notice. Warner told OBSERVER media that his daughter, Jennings Warner, was expelled from the Five Islands...

Burnt bodies found in car identified

September 06, 2016 in Regional

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The three men who were found in a motor car in St James Sunday, with their bodies badly burnt, have been identified. They are 31-year -old ex-soldier Shane Hibbert, and 30-year-old construction worker Rory Johns, both of Three Miles River, Westmoreland....

Violence mars school attendance in West Kgn

September 06, 2016 in Regional

The fresh outbreak of violence in west Kingston resulted in a low turnout of students at the start of the new school year yesterday. According to the commanding officer for the Kingston Western Police Division, Howard Chambers, the schools affected were Denham Town Primary, Denham Town...

Canadian Charged With Ordering Hit on Jamaican Husband

September 06, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday September 5, 2016 — A Canadian woman is expected to appear in court this week after detectives charged her with allegedly ordering the contract killing of her estranged Jamaican husband. The accused, 56-year-old Monique Cooke-Reid, a retired psychologist from Ontario, was charged last...