Politics

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday (Tues) tabled in parliament their expected motion of ‘no confidence’ in Prime Minister Bruce Golding for his confessed role in seeking to avoid the extradition […] […]

Israeli media say the Foreign Ministry has ordered the families of its diplomats in Turkey to leave that country because of the uproar over Israel’s deadly naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. State-run Israel […] […]

JERUSALEM—An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel’s naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospital official said Tuesday. Emily Henochowicz, 21, of Maryland, underwent surgery after suffering […] […]

THE police were adamant yesterday that the ongoing operation in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, is absolutely necessary for the country to advance and regain lost respectability. Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington, who spoke candidly with […] […]

The call to end the doling out of government contracts to bosses of the criminal underworld has been reiterated, as the operation to catch Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke continues. Incomparable Enterprise Ltd, a company for which […] […]

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has described the security forces’ assault on Tivoli Gardens, that has left 73 civilians dead, as representing more than the attempted arrest of former strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke – who remains […] […]

THE Opposition People’s National Party is now tabling a no confidence motion against the Government in Parliament. It’s being tested by a number of technicalities raised by Government members, one being that the standing orders […] […]

WASHINGTON—A former U.S. ambassador aboard a Gaza aid ship seized by Israeli commandos is on his way home, his wife said Monday evening. Edward Peck, 81, of Chevy Chase, Md., a Washington suburb, was among […] […]

The Police Inspectorate in Jamaica has set up an office in Tivoli Gardens to allow residents an opportunity to make any complaints they may have against members of the constabulary force. The decision to establish […] […]

LONDON: Britain’s fledgling coalition government took a second blow in three days yesterday when it was revealed the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury avoided paying capital gains tax when he sold his taxpayer-funded second […] […]