Prime Minister Andrew Holness Monday named an 18-member Cabinet that he says will lay the blueprint for economic growth, create jobs and reduce public debt in Jamaica over the next five years. Holness, 43, who led his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to a one seat majority...
NEW YORK, USA, Monday March 7, 2016 – A Caribbean dream holiday turned into a nightmare for a New York family whose daughter was nearly raped and killed by an ex-convict working at the resort where they were staying. The family was vacationing at Covecastles, a...
[caption id="attachment_10047" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Camp Street Prison where there was unrest for three days last week[/caption] GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sunday March 6, 2016 – After three days of protests by prisoners at Guyana’s main jail – which resulted in the deaths of 17 inmates –, and...
Public Works and Ports Minister, Ian Pinard, has resigned as a cabinet minister in light of what he said are allegations of inappropriate behavior made against him. Pinard, who is also the MP for Soufriere, tendered his resignation to Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, on Wednesday with...
A music producer was slapped with a two-year prison sentence and fined $650,000 after he confessed to hiding eight ounces of cocaine in the laptop of his 10-year-old son, who was about to leave the island for the United States. Noel Hunter, 31, of Clarendon told...