January 2016

Comrades leave party HQ angry after Pryce talks

January 12, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_9357" align="alignleft" width="300"] The ground at PNP headquarters in Kingston is littered with party T-shirts after supporters of Raymond Pryce removed them from their bodies in anger at the party’s decision to not reverse the results of a candidate selection that saw him being...

More Carnival Drama?

January 12, 2016 in National

Freedom Fm Newsdesk has been reliably informed that the j’ouvert morning results with respect to the j’ouvert troupes will be changed. According to Wingrove Williams, leader of the Grand Masters Addix troupe, the troupes were all invited to a meeting at the carnival office on Monday...

Is Ben Carson an impostor?

November 12, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_8638" align="alignright" width="300"] The issue surrounding Ben Carson, we’re told, is integrity — whether he made up stories to create a persona that isn’t real, and thus whether he can be trusted to lead.[/caption] There are plenty of reasons to wonder if Ben Carson is...

Thousands protest in Haiti over ‘electoral coup’

November 12, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_8635" align="alignleft" width="300"] Supporters of LAPEH, Fanmi Lavalas and Pitit Dessalines parties march in the street in Port-au-Prince, on November 11, 2015, protesting against the Haiti election results[/caption] Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Thousands of people aligned with the political opposition demonstrated in the Haitian capital on...

Gov’t blocks media

November 12, 2015 in Regional

CHAIRMAN of Parliament's Internal and External Affairs Committee, Derrick Smith, has described as "abominable" yesterday's lockout of media personnel from the question-and-answer segment of Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams' highly anticipated appearance before the committee. Smith, who strongly opposed an in-camera session, had to relent as...