Reggae legend Leroy Sibbles backed by the Hard Core Band rolled into Lula Lounge this past Sunday, playing his vast repertoire of Heptone and Studio 1 hits, including the monster Heptone hit Book of Rules. Also on the bill were Jay Douglas, Ossie D., Chester Miller and Elaine ‘Lil’ Bit’ Shepherd. The evening was hosted […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Olympic champion Usain Bolt is one of the most influential people in the world, according to TIME magazine. The Jamaican has been named among world leaders, activists, artists and athletes, scientists, moguls and U.S. presidential hopefuls, in the list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2016. Writing about Bolt, who was […]
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Following his indictment and arrest on charges of running a $10 million Jamaica “bridge loan” Ponzi scheme, Mark Jones, part owner and former director of a business-process outsourcing entity in Jamaica, is reportedly negotiating with U.S. authorities, possibly in an attempted plea bargain. Meanwhile, Caroline Hay, the attorney for the business, Global […]
The Trudeau government is reviewing the laws around mandatory minimum sentences, following the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that two federal laws from the previous Conservative government’s tough-on-crime agenda are both unconstitutional. This will bring an end to rules for minimum sentences for specific drug crime convictions and limits on credit for pre-trial detention in […]
Elissa Antonio’s medical recovery fund has grown to $62, 668 and, more good news, she’s managed to stand beside her hospital bed. The ongoing fundraising is important as it goes towards her medication and other expenses and to help her daughters Brianna and Moneque as she recovers. Recovery will take eight to 10 months. What […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia is on target to begin geothermal exploratory drilling. The recently completed surface exploration studies, designed to better understand the geothermal resource conditions, suggest that the resource exists outside of the Sulphur Springs area and outside of the Piton Management Area (PMA). This is good news, as earlier concerns about […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — In St Kitts and Nevis, diabetes is bigger than zika, bigger than HIV/AIDS, says chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Patrick Martin. “We have an epidemic of diabetes in the Federation… We have a diabetes rate of 20% in adults. One in every five adults has diabetes,” he said. Martin said obesity […]
In June of this year], significantly larger ships will be able to pass via an enlarged Panama Canal between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Together with other infrastructural developments this is leading some Caribbean governments to hope that with the support of investors from outside the region, Panama’s development as a hub for […]
As hearings continue into the deadly riots at the Georgetown Prisons, Toronto lawyer Selwyn Pieters who is representing prison and police officials says “the prison has to be sanitized of illegal weapons” held by inmates. The Camp Street Prison disturbances from March 2 to 4 claimed the lives of 17 inmates, resulted in a […]
