World/Local News

By Dean James Mygripe There are many Jamaicans who think that the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips issue should be laid to rest. I’m one Jamaican who thinks the pressure should be kept on the government […] […]

News: IRAN’S foreign ministry has criticised the media for branding French first lady Carla Bruni a “prostitute” after she pledged her support for a woman sentenced to death by stoning. “Insulting officials of other countries […] […]

Mygripe MADRID—Spanish police say that for the first time they have broken up a human-trafficking gang that brought men to the country to work as prostitutes, providing them with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulant drugs […] […]

Mygripe HOTEL heiress Paris Hilton has reportedly been charged with felony cocaine possession but denies the drugs found in the purse she carried were hers. The US magazine People said Hilton faces up to four […] […]

Mygripe MEXICAN authorities have captured one of the country’s most sought after drug kingpins, US-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias “the Barbie”. Valdez, 37, is believed to have been a key lieutenant of Arturo Beltran Leyva, […] […]

Mygripe CANADA.—What exactly happened inside a Kamloops cellblock on a steamy mid-August night? Seven people — including four RCMP  (Royal Canadian Mounty Police) officers — allegedly watched the incident on video but they’re now under […] […]

AN emerald so big it’s being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine the Great has been found on a US farm. The nearly 65-carat emerald was pulled from a pit on a […] […]

Mygripe LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has stumbled into controversy during a visit to Italy by saying Europe should convert to islam. Mr Gaddafi made the comments during a lecture to a group of 500 young […] […]

Mygripe THE chief of US intelligence has warned spy agencies against “blabbing secrets” to the media, saying operatives should be “seen, but not heard.” In a blunt memo, James Clapper, the new director of national […] […]