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As the court case against the parking meter contract continues, Justice Brassington Reynolds today ruled that the Orders Nisi issued by Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards do not put a stay on the ongoing implementation of the parking meter project. He also rejected an application to put the project on hold until the case would have been […]
With enough members of the Church in the Courtroom to make it appear as a Sunday mass, Senior Pastor at the Universal Church, Holeno Luiz, was today refused bail and remanded to prison after being charged for causing death by dangerous driving. The 35-year-old pastor and televangelist was not required to enter a plea to […]
A man who travelled from Guyana was arrested on Sunday at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica following the discovery of cocaine pellets in his body. Reports are that the man, who had just disembarked the flight from Guyana, was observed acting in a manner that aroused the suspicion of the police. […]
The Government today announced a major shake up of a number of Permanent Secretaries in an effort to ensure greater efficiency and accountability. In a statement, the Ministry of the Presidency announced that the reassignments have affected the Ministries of Agriculture, Education, Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Legal Affairs, Public Health and the Department of Culture, Youth and […]
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced the addition of two Twenty20 Internationals to the itinerary for the Pakistan Tour of the West Indies. As a consequence of the additional matches, the series between World Twenty20 champions West Indies and the visiting Pakistanis will now be contested over four matches. “Twenty20 […]
A Trinidadian National,who has found himself facing fraud charges in the local courts, has now been ordered deported after being found guilty of fraud committed against the Brandsville hotel. The man, 28-year-old, Anthony Nestor, was also fined $100,000 and ordered to pay the hotel $260,000 or face 36 months in jail, after he was found […]
President David Granger is in The Bahamas on an official visit and just after his arrival on Thursday he said that much of the economic and unemployment problems facing the Region can be solved if Caribbean States work to combine their resources, talents and expertise. Mr. Granger made the remarks, during an interview with one of […]
Already on remand for the possession of guns and ammunition, former member of the Phantom Death Squad and ex-policeman, Lloyd Roberts, appeared in Court today and was charged for the murder of 19-year-old Ryan Sergeant. The youth was shot dead as he stood outside the Rio Nightclub back in September 2016, when a gunfight ensued […]
The Government has announced that Trevor Thomas has been relieved of his duties as Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Public Health, effective March 1, 2017. The move was revealed by Minister of State Joseph Harmon at a post-Cabinet press briefing earlier today. Last month a Board of Inquiry (BOI) into allegations of mismanagement […]
People’s Progressive Party Activist and former Presidential Information Liaison, Kwame McCoy, was today found guilty of assaulting political activist Mark Benschop. He was found not guilty of damage to property and larceny. On the guilty verdict, he has been fined $20,000 or could face the alternative of one month in jail if the fine is […]
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