The Guyanese government has defended the recent decision to deport members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints even as the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform, PNCR described the move as arbitrary.
Tropical Storm Erika weakened into a depression today but not before the Dominica government ordered schools and businesses closed as the weather system moved across the Leeward Islands.
The permanent secretary in the transport and works ministry, Dr. Alwyn Hayles is refuting reports that the Port Authority of Jamaica Pension Fund will be used to purchase a house being occupied by the transport minister.
Gunmen shot and killed 17 patients and wounded two others in a drug rehabilitation center in northern Mexico late yesterday, according to a report on www.edition.cnn.com.
FIFA banned Chelsea from signing any players for the next year today because it encouraged a French player to break his contract and sign for the club, according to a report on www.foxsportsworld.com.
A tropical storm warning was issued for Dominica yesterday as Tropical Storm Erika moved closer to the Leeward Islands and the French island of Guadeloupe, according to a report on www.cananews.com.
The Jamaica government have signed a $88 million (US$990,000) agreement with a French company to upgrade the Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), according to a report on www.cananews.net.
Friends and family will converge on Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale this evening for the burial of Michael Jackson, according to a report on www.latimes.com.
AirTran Airways will today announce schedules for new service to Nassau Bahamas and Montego Bay, Jamaica, including nonstop flights to Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Marshall Airport, according to a report on www.baltimoresun.com.
CARICOM Chairman Bharrat Jagdeo has delivered a stinging attack on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) placing heavy blame on cricket’s regional governing body for the failed mediation talks over the contracts row with the players.
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association is opposing the mandatory death penalty sentence for persons convicted of capital murder on the island.