Clifton Brown, President of the Jamaica Workers Union, has received death threats and is reportedly in fear of his life and the life of his family since last Sunday.
Members of the Jamaica Football Referees’ Association, JFRA, have withdrawn their services from matches organised by the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association.
The head of the former Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) laboratory Victor Conte says he is going to release the names of Olympic athletes he believed were involved in doping.
There are concerns by some Haitians that president, Rene Preval’s government, has not done enough to lower food prices. It is believed that three-quarter of the population lives on less than US$2 a day.
The hearing of the election petition which Peoples National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub has filed in the Supreme Court against Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz is set to begin today.
Citizens Action For Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) are concerned that the apology from the state minister with responsibility for Local Government Robert Montague came one week after his statement was made.