A former police officer is calling for an inquiry into the August 8 protest in which the police deployed tear gas on a crowd of demonstrators after they defied lawmen’s orders to disperse from an “illegal” gathering. The incident, and the subsequent fallout, have been the...
The death toll from a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared yesterday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. Saturday's earthquake left at least 1,297 dead and 5,700 injured in the Caribbean island nation, with...
After a more than 16-month hiatus because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, cruise ships are expected to resume calling on Jamaica next Monday. In fact, between Monday, August 16 and Tuesday, October 26, cruise ports in Falmouth, Trelawny; Ocho Rios, St Ann; and Montego Bay, St...
President of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) Patterson Thompson has made a call for the leaders linked with the regional carrier LIAT 1974 to come together to ensure workers receive their just dues. Thompson said that although it is understandable that with the ongoing...
A member of the Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica is calling for cops to stop destroying cannabis plants in the current economic climate, after armed men believed to be members of the police force were accused of chopping down crops, including cannabis plants,...