2014

St John’s, Antigua -- The Court of Appeal has reduced the life sentence of convicted murderer Yourrick Furlonge, to 20 years in prison. The court ordered that the sentence must be counted from 2007, since Furlonge was remanded into custody…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- A 12-year-old boy is among four people who will reappear in court on February 26 charged with the murder of a mechanic, who was bludgeoned to death at his home in Diego Martin, west of here, earlier this…

The following is a statement by the Director of Elections Orette Fisher in response to a recent controversy regarding the secrecy of votes. Said Fisher: Recently, there has been discussion in the public sphere as to whether political…

Green Island, Hanover -- For more than 10 years, Green Island, a rapidly developing town that sits mid-way between Lucea and the resort town of Negril, has been without a functioning fire hydrant. Its absence has caused many sleepless…

Montego Bay, St James -- Lambert Johnson, the attorney who represented the two Irwin brothers who were last July acquitted of rape and a slew of other charges arising from the rape of five females at Irwin Point in 2012, has written to the…

(CNN) -- The former partner of French President Francois Hollande said she felt like she "was falling from a skyscraper" when she learned about his alleged affair with an actress, Paris Match magazine said Thursday. Trierweiler gave an…

(CNN) -- Iraqi police have won back full control of a ministry building stormed by gunmen who took civil servants hostage, security sources said Thursday. Six gunmen were killed in the police operation to retake part of the Human Rights…

(CNN) -- Russian police have identified two alleged suicide bombers believed to be responsible for the deadly Volgograd bombings and detained another two suspected accomplices, anti-terrorism officials said Thursday, according to Russian…

(BBC) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has insisted that he and his government have "fulfilled all the obligations" to solve the crisis in the country. But the political opposition continued to "whip up" the situation, he added.…

(BBC) -- The Syrian government has been "deliberately and unlawfully" demolishing thousands of homes, a new report by Human Rights Watch says. Satellite images appear to show large-scale demolitions with explosives and bulldozers in…

(BBC) -- Malta has bowed to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, saying applicants will now be required to spend at least a year in Malta in order to qualify. The new condition was announced by Malta…

(BBC) -- Russia has been accused by the US of breaching a key arms control treaty banning medium-range nuclear missiles. According to reports in the New York Times, citing US officials, Russia has been conducting flight tests since 2008 of…

(CNN) -- A McDonald's employee in Pittsburgh was arrested Wednesday after undercover police officers said they discovered her selling heroin in Happy Meal boxes, according to a criminal complaint. Shantia Dennis, 26, was arrested after…

The Jocelyn Liburd Primary school hosted the first in a series of cross country events when they  hosted the much anticipated cross country relay on Wednesday 28th January. There were two separate races for the boys and the girls. The…

Here are the W. A. H. S heats points standings after the long & high jump, 100m, 200m, 400m & 800m events. Red        371 Green     347 Orange   347 Blue        337 * Heat continues on Thursday with the 1500m. * Sports Day…