Sev­en new de­ten­tion or­ders is­sued by Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der yes­ter­day, have in­ten­si­fied the State’s crack­down on or­gan­ised crime, tar­get­ing men iden­ti­fied as key op­er­a­tives in net­works span­ning mul­ti­ple re­gions, with in­tel­li­gence point­ing to their roles in lead­er­ship, co­or­di­na­tion, en­force­ment, re­cruit­ment and drug traf­fick­ing.

A side-by-side com­par­i­son of a ba­sic bas­ket of gro­ceries shows that while prices have shift­ed over the past year, the over­all in­crease re­mains mar­gin­al.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ques­tioned whether the Gov­ern­ment is mov­ing to dis­solve the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), rais­ing con­cerns about trans­paren­cy, con­sul­ta­tion and out­stand­ing pay­ments to Car­ni­val stake­hold­ers.

A busi­ness­woman has lost her ap­peal over a de­ci­sion by her de­ceased hus­band to leave his home, his share in their joint busi­ness, and his sav­ings to his chil­dren from his first mar­riage and his grand­son. 

A High Court Judge has or­dered the Reg­is­trar Gen­er­al to re­sume ac­cept­ing hard copy doc­u­ments from com­pa­nies. 

The cur­rent nurse-to-pa­tient ra­tio of one nurse to as many as six pa­tients at the St James Med­ical Com­plex is in keep­ing with in­ter­na­tion­al best prac­tice and will be en­forced by nurs­ing staff as part of in­dus­tri­al ac­tion from next week.

Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Sen­a­tors Janelle John-Bates and Faris Al-Rawi are ex­pect­ed to learn next week whether they will be stripped of their seats in the Up­per House.

A Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) stal­wart has crit­i­cised Sen­a­tor Faris Al-Rawi, ac­cus­ing him of fail­ing to prop­er­ly guide fel­low sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates, as ques­tions con­tin­ue to mount over her fu­ture in the Up­per House.

Ha­vana will not abide by any Amer­i­can “ul­ti­ma­tums” to re­lease po­lit­i­cal pris­on­ers as part of new talks, a Cuban diplo­mat said Thurs­day, while as­sert­ing that lead­ers are “prepar­ing for all sce­nar­ios” if U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump makes good on threats to in­ter­vene in the is­land na­tion.

A Ma­yaro man spent more than nine months in prison be­cause of a mis­tak­en crim­i­nal record. Now he is su­ing the State over what his lawyers de­scribe as a break­down in the jus­tice sys­tem.

The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has launched a hot­line for the pub­lic to re­port un­safe dri­ving by maxi taxis along the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route.

Re­nes­sa Or­tiz knows first-hand the val­ue of a well-fit­ting, beau­ti­ful gown in build­ing con­fi­dence.