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Daily Archives: Sep 29, 2018

Truck drivers’ pay increase on hold

The upgrade in pay for some drivers which led to other Public Works Department drivers protesting in two days of a go-slow have been put on hold, for the time being.

Wounding charge dismissed against siblings

Three brawling siblings were yesterday given a stern warning by Justice Keith Thom.

Lock up the mom, prosecutor says

A crown prosecutor is recommending that the police should charge a mother for allegedly lying about critical information in a sex complaint that led to a man being charged and dragged through the court for more than a year for allegedly having sex with her daughter.

Leroy King gets temporary relief from extradition

Justice Iain Morley, Q.C., ruled in an emergency hearing in the High Court yesterday that the extradition of former head of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Leroy King be halted until he gets the opportunity to appeal to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to determine whether he could make a further appeal to the Privy Council.

Editorial: Leading by example

If we were all to take our cues from some in the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, the persons living with disabilities in this country would have an even harder time finding a parking space. This comment is made in light of a photograph that is making the rounds on social media that shows a police vehicle parked in a disabled parking space. There is no way of mistaking that the spot has been reserved for the disabled. It is outlined in bright blue paint, and there is an easily visible disabled sign on a bright blue post in front of the vehicle at near eye-level. The photo appears to have been taken at Woods Centre, so for those who visit that shopping mall, you know exactly what we are talking about.

Youth admits to killing cousin

A Grays Farm man yesterday admitted that back when he was 14 years old in 2011, he shot his 17 year old cousin in her head and killed her.
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