Gov’t facing huge legal bill following Privy Council ruling in Kartel appeal. The News has been informed that the government is facing a multi-million-dollar legal bill following last month’s decision of the UK-based Privy Council to overturn the murder convictions of incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused. In its Final Order submitted to the local authorities, two weeks […More]
Holness holds a slight lead over Golding in the latest poll. Two months after a strong showing in the local government elections in which the opposition People’s National Party [PNP] pulled out more votes than in the 2020 general election, its president, Opposition Leader Mark Golding, still trails Prime Minister Andrew Holness by three points in favorability ratings. This has […More]
Haiti PM Henry resigns as presidential council sworn in. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new nine-member presidential transitional council was sworn in to lead the country gripped by deadly gang violence. A recent outbreak of violence forced officials to move the ceremony from the capital’s National Palace to the outgoing prime minister’s office. Mr. Henry […More]
Sean Paul and Kes to team up for the official anthem of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Grammy Award winner Sean Paul and Soca superstar Kes are set to join forces for the official anthem of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The ICC today announced the official anthem news with 50 days out from the first ball […More]
TT’s De Gannes wins the prestigious Austin Sealey Award. Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaenae De Gannes won the Austin Sealey Award at the 51st CARIFTA Games, which ended on Monday in Grenada. The 17-year-old smashed the Girls U20 long jump record during the morning session on Monday before returning to anchor T&T to a silver medal in the Girls U20 4x400m […More]
Written by Howard Hughes At approximately 9:09am on Friday March 22nd, 2024, in her long overdue historic 2 minutes speech, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield the US, UN representative called for a conditional ceasefire in the middle east war. The UN security council failed to adopt the US draft resolution with 11 voted for, 3 voted against and one abstained. Algeria, China […More]
Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say. Former President Donald Trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million fraud judgment against him, his lawyers said in a court filing on Monday. Trump and his company need to post a bond for the full amount by next week […More]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and a growing humanitarian crisis there. Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., will strongly criticize Netanyahu in a […More]
Haiti’s prime minister resigns as law-and-order collapses. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country. It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti. Mr Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from […More]
Mayoral control of municipalities evenly split between JLP and PNP. Mayoral control of the fourteen municipalities will be evenly shared between the two major political parties based on the results of the final count of ballots in all electoral divisions for the 2024 Local Government Election. The Jamaica Labour Party won seven municipalities and the People’s National Party, six, including […More]
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