PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Up to press time yesterday, an 18-month-old baby boy was fighting for his life at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope after he was shot in the back of his head by unknown assailants yesterday afternoon. According to...
An upward shift in the age of consent and increased penalties for sex crimes are to be given consideration as Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin laments last year’s increase in all forms of sex crimes. The legislator said he intends to start discussions soon with the...
A significant increase in all forms of sexual offences, robberies, malicious damage, thefts and wounding, in 2014, led to Antigua & Barbuda recording a higher crime rate than it did the previous year. This information was contained in the recently released police crime report, which also...
WASHINGTON (CMC) -- Latin America and the Caribbean's economic growth might recover modestly to 2.2 per cent in 2015, up from 1.3 per cent last year, its lowest rate since last decade's global financial crisis, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Luis Alberto Moreno...
MEMBER of Parliament Paul Buchanan has expressed disappointment at a lawsuit filed by entertainer Mavado over a house that he was contracted to construct on behalf of the dancehall artiste. At same time, Buchanan, who is a developer, told the Jamaica Observer that he will be...