Case against Kartel ends

September 25, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica –The perverting the course of justice case against entertainer Vybz Kartel and his co-accused has ended. Directors of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn today entered a nolle prosequi ending the matter on the ground that Vybz Kartel’s murder conviction and sentence is being appealed. Attorney Tom...

Stifling economic growth

September 24, 2014 in Regional

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says the refusal of the international community to grant concessional financing to some developing countries is stifling economic growth in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Gaston Browne addressing the special session of the UN General Assembly on the...

Nude photos no bother

September 24, 2014 in Regional

NEW YORK – Barbadian singing superstar Rihanna has reportedly become one of the latest victims to have naked pictures leaked as part of the Apple iCloud hacking scandal. According to the Mail Online, two topless images of the 26-year-old appeared online via 4chan and Reddit early on...

Another request rejected

September 24, 2014 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 24, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has blanked the latest request for a meeting by environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, saying “there will be no productive outcome”. Kublalsingh, who is on an indefinite hunger strike outside the building housing the...

£7.5 trillion for slavery

September 23, 2014 in Regional

THE National Commission on Reparations (NCR) says Jamaica would be due at least £2.3 trillion (approximately J$416.3 trillion) from any slavery reparations paid by Britain to the region. This money would be able to pay off Jamaica’s national debt of $2 trillion and set the nation...