Politics

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The United States says it is committed to working with Caribbean countries to combat threats that endanger their security and that the launch of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on May […] […]

‘Dudus’ supporters fire first volley in show of defiance IN a day of high tension in West Kingston, thugs held residents of Tivoli Gardens, the power base of strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, as potential human […] […]

West Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is challenging the warrant which was issued on Tuesday for his arrest to face extradition proceedings in court. Coke’s motion was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court by attorney-at-law […] […]

THE US formally apologised to American Indian tribes today for “ill-conceived policies” and acts of violence committed against them. Republican Senator Sam Brownback read the congressional resolution at an event attended by representatives of five […] […]

A member of Arizona’s top government utilities agency threw down the gauntlet in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, threatening to cut off the city’s power supply as retribution for the city’s boycott […] […]

POLICE this morning continue to maintain a constant presence in downtown, Kingston as business operators kept their shutters up in the major commercial sections of the bustling economic hub. “Business is going on as usual […] […]

Dear Editor, Here is the truth of the matter: the PM is not defending any criminal; the USA has been stubborn in extradition negotiations. The US government submitted an extradItion request. That request was built […] […]

UNIFORMED and plainclothes security personnel swarmed the vicinity of Gordon House for today’s sitting of the House of Representatives less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that authorisation had been given for […] […]

A warrant for the arrest of Tivoli Gardens strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was signed this morning by a Resident Magistrate, the Observer has learnt. The warrant gives the police Fugitive Apprehension Team the power to […] […]

OVERSEAS media continued to target Prime Minister Bruce Golding with coverage of the extradition request for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in the Miami Herald and the United Kingdom’s Sunday Telegraph last weekend. The headline of the […] […]