The Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, is probing the shooting death of a teenager. The teen has been identified as 15-year-old, Narando Boothe. INDECOM says the incident reportedly occurred on August 24 in Water Lane in the vicinity of the bus park in...
Russian and Ukrainian officials have signed a deal to reopen grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement would help ease a global food crisis. The neighbouring, warring...
The last time that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, asked for the death penalty was earlier this year in relation to the killing of a Chinese couple in western Jamaica. The ODPP had called for the death penalty for two brothers charged for the...
The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights. The law required residents who want a licence to prove "proper cause" to carry concealed weapons and that they faced "a special or unique" danger. The 6-3 decision stated the...
Russia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime". European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in making the assessment says it's inconceivable - one cannot imagine that millions of tonnes of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while...
Jamaica Teachers Association President, Jasford Gabriel, is describing as a knee jerk reaction, plans by the Education Ministry to extend the school year. He was reacting to the announcement by Education Minister, Fayval Williams, that the government is exploring...
A gross affront to democracy. That’s how the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, is describing last week’s Trump inspired attack on the US Capitol building. In a statement issued yesterday, the new chairman of the regional bloc, Dr. Keith Rowley, says the unprecedented...
General voting has ended in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines general elections. But, persons quarantined as result of COVID-19 are being allowed to vote at this hour. Today's elections are expected to be a straight fight between Dr. Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party,...
A businesswoman who was accused of murdering a man at the Constant Spring Arcade, in Half-Way Tree in September 2016 has been freed. Forty-seven year old Karlene Spencer was freed after submissions were made by her Attorneys. She's was accused of using an object to...
US Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, is inching closer to the 270 electoral college votes he needs to win the election. Mr. Biden now has 253 votes to President Trump's 213. Today as millions more votes are counted, the former Vice President has won...