December 2018

Fly Jamaica Sued Over Crash Landing in Guyana

December 05, 2018 in Regional

A Toronto-based law firm has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Fly Jamaica almost a month after one of the airline’s Canada-bound planes was forced to make an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana last month, resulting in injuries to...

Chris Gayle awarded £173,000 in damages in defamation case

December 05, 2018 in Sports

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been awarded 300,000 Australian dollars (£173,000) in damages more than a year after winning a defamation case against Australian publisher Fairfax Media. Articles published in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times reported allegations the 39-year-old had...

Water is Life: Err on the Side of Science

December 05, 2018 in National

Water is life. Without water, humans die in less than a week. Access to safe water is a human right and vital for the sustainability of the Federation’s development. Beneath Ponds and Needsmust, on either side of Kim Collins Highway, lies an underground reservoir of water...

$5 million worth of marijuana seized on port of Kingston

November 05, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_23475" align="alignleft" width="300"] The marijuana found on the port of Kingston Friday.[/caption] OFFICERS from the Jamaica Customs Contraband Enforcement Team, along with others from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Narcotics Division and Port Security seized 15 packages containing marijuana during a port sweep on Friday. During...