October 17, 2011
Residents stranded after parts of main road cave in
Heavy rains on Saturday left residents of some 60 homes along Corial Road, Williamsville marooned when several parts on the main access roads collapsed. Residents complained that for more than 30 years they have been surviving on less than the…
October 17, 2011
UK to boost Caribbean trade and integration
In this difficult economic climate, Britain has given tangible expression of its continued commitment to supporting Caribbean trade and integration, through the £10 million Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund) at…
October 17, 2011
20 inmates killed in Mexico prison fight
A bloody, hours-long fight in a prison in the Mexican border city of Matamoros on Saturday left 20 inmates dead and 12 injured, state officials said. The fight apparently started with a dispute between two inmates and other prisoners joined in,…
October 17, 2011
Chavez proposes shooting down drug planes
President Hugo Chavez is proposing that Venezuela's legislators consider allowing the shooting down of suspected drug-trafficking planes that ignore orders to land. Chavez said in a televised speech Thursday that such a threat would discourage…
October 14, 2011
BALL IN AG’S COURT
The video and transcripts of Works Minister Jack Warner offering advice on "gifts" from former FIFA presidential hopeful, Qatari Mohamed bin Hammam, to Caribbean Football Union officials have been handed over to the Attorney General. Prime…
October 14, 2011
Constables arrested for robbery and assault
Police Constables Damian Skyers and Denton Williams were today arrested and charged in relation with the assault and robbery of a businessman. Constables Skyers and Williams were brought before the Gun Court where they were each offered $250,000…
October 14, 2011
Attorney takes extradition fight to Supreme Court
The attorney for Tony Vincent Ashman is expected this afternoon to file an application in the Supreme Court challenging his client’s extradition. James is also challenging Ashman’s re-arrest. Resident Magistrate Georgiana Fraser ordered Ashman…
October 14, 2011
15 injured in Palisadoes crash
FIFTEEN persons were rushed to hospital following a crash with a Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) bus and truck along the Palisadoes Main Road in Kingston. Police report are that at about 1:00 pm a bus was heading towards the Norman Manley…
October 14, 2011
Steven Seagal hired to control U.S.-Mexico border
Steven Seagal has once again been hired to serve and protect, except it doesn't sound like there will be any reality show cameras following him around this time. The "Above the Law" actor was sworn in this week as a deputy with the sheriff's…
October 14, 2011
Cocaine ship busted for a third time in Jamaica
Jamaican Authorities have discovered cocaine stashed away in a sealed container on…