Guyanese businesswoman placed on $190,000 bail for trafficking niece
By iNews Guyana From St Lucia News Online INEWSGUYANA – A businesswoman was on Monday released on $190,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with trafficking in persons. Joyce Lawrence of…
Gay men to receive apology for historic homosexual convictions in Australia
BY JENNI RYALL From Mashable An Australian state government will apologise for historic laws which criminalised homosexuality. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced Sunday he will make an official apology on May 24 regarding the former state laws in which homosexual men…
McConnell’s foreign companies raise questions
By Bill Britt From Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Exotic locations, pirates on the high-seas, and a run for the US Senate sounds like an adventure novel, but a closer look at Senate candidate Jonathon McConnell’s business interests, raises questions about foreign…
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MAFIFA: Is FIFA a victim or culprit?
By Collister M. Fahie From Caribbean News Now The definition of the word victim is as follows: a person or entity that is affected adversely by others through unlawful or illegal actions. The definition of a culprit is as follows:…
Demand for OFWs still high in 2016 – POEA
From Sun Star Manila OVERALL demand for overseas Filipino workers will remain strong this year, as indicated by continuing job orders of various occupations, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said. In his report to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, POEA Administrator…
IPI adds Caribbean defamation laws to online database Campaign celebrates legal changes in five countries
From International Press Institute VIENNA, Feb 12, 2016 – Detailed information in defamation laws in 15 Caribbean countries in now included in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) online media laws database. The information reflects data collected by IPI over the…
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Addressing the marijuana issue with wisdom
By Herbert Volney From Caribbean News Now In Defence of Marijuana I am an advocate for the decriminalization of the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana. As a former long-standing High Court judge it was my experience that successive juries…
Underwater world
11 Incredible pictures reveal hidden underwater world By Michelle Z. Donahue From National Geographic The winners of a recent underwater photo contest go deep. A butter-yellow seahorse in motion, a crab in a nest of eggs, and a shark biting…
racial inequality deepens
In Cuba, racial inequality deepens with tourism boom By Chris Arsenault From Thomson Reuters Foundation HAVANA, Feb 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As warming relations with the United States bring new money and tourists to Havana, some black Cubans like…
Judge rules Apple can’t be forced to help unlock phone
By Andrew Keshner/Associated Press, From New York Law Journal A Brooklyn magistrate judge has denied prosecution attempts to force Apple Inc. to assist with law enforcement efforts to unlock a smartphone in a drug case. Eastern District Magistrate Judge James…
