ENTERTAINER VYBZ Kartel came under attack, but it was not in court or in the jail cell where he has been spending time for the last 30 months. Pastor of New Haven Seventh-day Adventist Church, Holland Thompson, ripped into dancehall music and names associated with entertainers that he said incited violence and criminality. Delivering the […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica has denied entry to the controversial Jamaican dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta, who was due to perform at a show on Sunday night amidst protest by some religious groups. Sparta, who uses the stage name “Uncle Demon,” is due to headline a concert in Portsmouth, north of Roseau. Media reports noted […]
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has welcomed a decision by the appeal court in Haiti to open new investigations into former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity. Amnesty International said the decision is a “major boost for the victims in their long quest for truth and justice”. “This much-needed […]
The St. Kitts-Nevis government will be seeking input from across the island to develop a plan aimed at legalization of marijuana. Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrice Nisbett said research on the issue has been done throughout the Federation’s of secondary school, prison and wider community. The information is to be put together and […]
The government of the Turks and Caicos has been rewarded for its valuable law enforcement assistance in helping the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to seize assets in a security fraud case. A cheque worth $279,620.32 from the U.S Consular Agency was handed over for the islands’valuable law enforcement assistance in the case. The […]
Jamaica’s Governor General has appointed a Commission of Enquiry to examine the events that led to attempts to extradite Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in May 2010. Governor General Sir Patrick Allen announced the three-member Commission. They are Chairman, Sir David Simmons, retired Chief Justice of Barbados and former attorney general of Barbados; Justice […]
A modern crematorium is slated to open its door to the Guyanese public early March in the capital city on a section of Le Repentir Cemetery. It will be the city’s first such facility and already the news is getting thumbs up by many including those who have faced some challenges burying their love ones […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are commemorated the 130th Anniversary of the birth of the party’s founder and “champion of the anti-colonial movement in Jamaica”, the late National Hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante. The JLP noted that it is with a “deep sense of reverence and pride” that it paid tribute […]
St Lucia is hosting the final two episodes of The Bachelor, the ABC TV romance reality series. The highly anticipated final rose ceremony with Bachelor Juan Pablo Galavis, a former professional soccer player from Venezuela will to be captured on Red Rose Trails. The first of the two episodes was aired on Tuesday, February 25 […]
The Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago disclosed that China has agreed to deliver a Long Range Vessel to the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, to increase maritime border security and fights arms and drug smuggling. This follows a request of China’s Premier Li Keqiang by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar during a […]
